Pink- footed Goose 93 



resembles the other bean-geese, and is fond of keeping with them and white-fronted 

 geese. For example, Sir R. Payne-Gallwey met the three species together, and even 

 shot them in company. The same author writes : " It is a common bird during autumn 

 and winter in parts of Great Britain, notably in the south-east of Scotland, in the Wolds 

 of Yorkshire, in Lincolnshire, near the coast of Norfolk, and in several other localities, 

 excepting the south of England. On the banks of the Severn and along the shores of 

 the Bristol Channel I have seen large numbers of these birds. In Ireland I have never 

 shot or heard of the pink-footed goose, and it has not been recorded therefrom.' ' 



This goose, apparently, stands captivity well, and breeds freely under favourable 

 circumstances. 



