ANATIDE. 401 
THE BEAN-GOOSE. 
ANSER SEGETUM (J. F. Gmelin). 
This species and the Pink-footed Goose, next to be considered, 
may usually be distinguished from the two preceding by the d/ack 
nail at the tip of the bill, The Bean-Goose does, not breed in any 
part of the British Islands, but it comes to us in autumn, and is 
widely, though not abundantly, distributed along our coasts during 
the winter; a return migration being observable early in spring. 
On the eastern side, and also in Lancashire, it is decidedly less 
plentiful than the Pink-footed Goose; but in Cornwall it is said 
to predominate. On the mainland of Scotland and in some of the 
islands it is comparatively rare, while its reported occurrences in the 
Outer Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetlands require confirmation. In 
Ireland it is at times numerous in the midlands and west, though 
rare in the south, and ranks next in abundance to the White-fronted 
Goose. 
The Bean-Goose has not been identified in Iceland, and I strongly 
suspect that the “4. segetum” recorded from East Greenland by the 
Danish Expedition of 1891-92 is the next species. It breeds freely 
in Scandinavia to the north of lat. 64°, and also in North Russia, 
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