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Two other occurrences, of less recent date, may here be 

 mentioned : A specimen shot in Northumberland in Sep- 

 tember, 1886, by the late Mr. Alfred Chapman (' Zoologist,' 

 1887) ; and another obtained in Somerset at a subsequent 

 date (ibid., 1888). 



BEAN-GOOSE. Anser segetum (J. F. Gmelin). 



A curious specimen of the Bean-Goose was shot at St. 

 Abb's Head, Scotland, on February 25th, 1896. It was 

 exhibited by Mr. F. Coburn at a meeting of the British 

 Ornithologists' Club, held June 18th, 1902 (Bull. B.O.C., 

 vol. xii, p. 81). In the 'Zoologist,' 1902, p. 442, Mr. 

 Coburn states that there need be no doubt that this 

 specimen is the Long-billed Carr-lag Goose, A. paludosus, 

 of Strickland, which is said to have bred formerly in our 

 Isles, but is now completely banished. The distinctive 

 characters of this and the ordinary Bean-Goose are pointed 

 out in Mr. Coburn's article. 



CANADA GOOSE. Bernicla canadensis (Linnaeus). 



An adult and an immature male of this species were 

 obtained in South Uist at the end of February, 1903, and 

 sent to Mr. Bisshopp for preservation. They were wary 

 of approach, which points to the possibility of their being 

 genuine wild birds (Donald Guthrie, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 

 1903, p. 119). 



MALLARD. Anas boscas (Linnaeus). 



In the 'Irish Naturalist,' 1905, p. 200, Mr. W. S. Smith 

 records the occurrence of a Mallard's nest in a spruce fir- 

 tree. The nest was about eighteen feet from the ground, nine 

 eggs were hatched, and the young were safely removed. 



PINTAIL. Dafila acuta (Linnaeus). 



In the ' Annals of Scottish Natural History/ 1906, p. 53, 

 Mr. Thomas Henderson, Junr., mentions seeing a pair of 

 Pintails with six young ones in Dunrossness, Shetland, on 

 June 4th, 1905. It would appear that this Duck had not 

 been known to nest previously in this locality. 



