138 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Two hundred years ago this species bred commonly in 

 England, but it is now merely a scarce and irregular 

 visitor to the eastern and southern counties ; rarer in the 

 west and north, while very few stragglers have been taken 

 in Scotland or Ireland. 



ORDER ODONTOGLOSSJfE. 



Family Phoenicopteridse. 



GENUS CIX. PHCENICOPTERUS, Brisson (1760}. 



202. Phcenieopterus roseus, Pallas. FLAMINGO. 



Hab. Southern Europe, whole of Africa, and West 

 Asia. 



One was shot in Staffordshire in September, 1881, and a 

 second in Hampshire, November 26th, 1883 ; another was 

 observed by Captain Shelley at New Romney, August I2th, 

 1884 (Saunders, Manual, p. 383). 



ORDER ANSERES. 

 Family Anatidse. 



GENUS CX. ANSER, Brisson (1760). 



Bill moderate, stout and high at base, which is furnished 

 with a cere, and terminating in a hard " nail " ; edges of 

 mandibles furnished with transverse plates or laminae. 

 Nostrils at about middle of upper mandible. Wings 

 ample, moderately long. Tail short, of 16 feathers. Tarsus 

 moderate, stout ; three front toes united for whole length 

 by a web ; hind toe small, elevated. 



203. Anser einereus, Meyer. GREY LAG GOOSE. 

 Hab. Palasarctic region. In winter migratory. 



