304 BRITISH BIRDS. 



winters, the great bulk of them dropping short, and 

 remaining during that season in various parts of 

 the Russian dominions, Sweden, Norway, &c., and 

 also in the same latitudes in both Asia and 

 America. They are seldom numerous in England, 

 but flocks of them are sometimes abundantly 

 spread along the isles and shores of Scotland and 

 Ireland, and on the interior lakes of both countries, 

 as well as those of the continent, as far south as 

 Italy, and in America, as far south as New York. 

 They are esteemed excellent eating. 



