middle of September, and sometimes remain to the end of that month ; and Mr. Schilling states 

 that large flocks remain on the islands of the Hiddensee and Neu-Bussin, near the peninsula of 

 Wittow, from the beginning of October to the end of November. Mr. Colling says that not only 

 is this Goose found in Denmark on the autumn and spring passage, but in mild seasons a few 

 remain over the winter ; and Mr. Benzon also informs me that it is a tolerably common species 

 in that country. It is said to visit Holland and Belgium more or less regularly on passage, and 

 is seen in Fiance annually at the same seasons, ranging down to the Camargue. Professor 

 Barboza du Bocage records its occurrence in Portugal; and it is found in Spain, but, Colonel 

 Irby writes (Orn. Str. Gibr. p. 195), "is much less numerous than the Grey-lag Goose; and it 

 was some time before I could succeed in obtaining a specimen for identification. As far as my 

 experience goes, I should say the present species occurs in the proportion of one to every two 

 hundred of the Gray-lag ; but as Favier considers both kinds equally common in Morocco, 

 perhaps in some seasons the present species may be more abundant than in others." 



Passing eastward, again, I find it recorded by Bailly as found on passage in Savoy towards 

 the end of November, and it is likewise found now and then in the winter. It is said to be the 

 commonest Goose that visits Italy, and is abundant in Sicily and Sardinia in winter, returning 

 northwards in March. 



In Malta, Mr. C. A. Wright says (Ibis, 1864, p. 154), "in stormy weather about the time 

 of the autumnal equinox, and in winter, flocks of wild Geese are sometimes seen passing over 

 the island or along the coast. They seldom make any stay, and are not very often shot. All 

 those which I have examined were of this species." In Southern Germany it is tolerably 

 common, but, Dr. Fritsch says, is less abundant than the Pink-footed Goose, with which 

 species it is usually found. Von Tschusi-Schmidhof'en says that it is often seen on passage in 

 various parts of Austria ; and Messrs. Danford and Harvie-Brown met with it not uncommonly 

 during migration in Transylvania, where it occurs in small flocks. It is said to be less common 

 in Turkey than the Grey-lag Goose, but is very numerous in Southern Russia during the winter 

 season. It winters also in Asia Minor and Palestine, as well as in Greece, where it is usually 

 seen, Dr. Kriiper says, in company with the Grey-lag Goose, and is not rare; It does not seem to 

 have been observed in North-east Africa, but is occasionally met with on the north-western side 

 of that continent. Loche speaks of it as being of accidental occurrence in Algeria in winter ; 

 Canon Tristram saw a freshly killed example at Temacin ; Mr. Taczanowski notices it as being 

 more abundant on lake Fezzara than Anser cinereus ; and Favier considers that both species are 

 equally common in Morocco, the present one being more numerous in some seasons than in 

 others. I may also add that Vernon Harcourt includes the Bean-Goose in his list of the birds 

 of Madeira. 



In Asia the Bean-Goose occurs right across the continent to Japan ; and it appears to be 

 tolerably common in Siberia. Von Middendorff saw the first on the Boganida (in 70° N. lat.) on 

 the 14th April (O. S.) ; and they settled down for nidification on the tundras of Taimyrland. He 

 found a nest containing eggs on the 1st July; and on the 17th of that month the Bean-Geese 

 began to moult on the Taimyr. In South-east Siberia he saw the first near Anginsk on the 

 23rd April; and the return migration commenced on the 30th August on the south coast of the 

 sea of Ochotsk. It breeds, he adds, in the Stanowoi Mountains and on the great Schantar 



