( Ulva latissima) ; on these plants it resorts to feed as 

 soon as they are left exposed by the ebbing of the tide, 

 both by day and night. Diu'ing high-water time the 

 flocks of Brent remain out at sea. This Goose breeds 

 in immense numbers on Spitzbergen and the neigh- 

 bouring islands, Novaya Zemlya, the coasts and islands 

 of Arctic Siberia, and the land to the north as far as 

 man has yet penetrated. Two races or forms of this 

 species are said to visit our shores, of which the one 

 with the underparts somewhat light-coloured comes to 

 us from the Atlantic ; the darker and more common 

 form from the north-east. The similarity of the calls of 

 a flock of Brent Geese to the sound of a pack of hounds 

 in full cry has been alluded to by many writers. The 

 Brent Goose rarely occurs far from the salt-water, and 

 in my experience does not thrive for any length of time 

 in captivity upon ponds : probably some one or other 

 species of seaweed or other marine product is abso- 

 lutely essential to the continued well-being of this bird ; 

 but it is somewhat singular that it should seldom or 

 never breed, and gradually pine and die in circumstance 

 that agrees perfectly with its very close congener, the 

 Bernacle Goose. 



For excellent accounts of the Brent Goose from the 

 sporting point of view, I must refer my readers to 

 the classic ' Hawker,' and the recent most interesting 

 writings of Mr. Abel Chapman, 



