462 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Migrations of Bernacle-Geese.— From several accounts which 
have come to hand it is evident that there has been a movement of 
Bernacle Geese (Bernicla leucopsis) on the east coast this autumn. 
In Surrey.—iIn the ‘Shooting Times’ of Oct. 12th, Mr. E. J. 
Heiden Cronan wrote that a gaggle of eight had been frequenting a 
flooded meadow near Dorking since Oct. 2nd. He approached within 
thirty yards of them on the 4th, but beyond paddling away from the 
edge of the water they showed no signs of alarm. Boisterous weather 
had been experienced there a few days previously. 
In Northwnberland.—On Oct. 15th my friend Mr. John Black 
wrote me from Scremerston, near Berwick-on-Tweed, that the station- 
master there had shot two Bernacles from a flock of eight on 
Oct. 14th. Ireceived the head and wing of an immature bird. They 
were wonderfully tame, feeding in a stubble near the line. They had 
departed two days later. On Oct. 21st a notice appeared in the 
‘Newcastle Daily Journal’ to the effect that on Oct. 17th a flock of 
about thirty ‘“‘ wild geese” flew over Canada Farm, Longframlington, 
near Morpeth. Five of the birds settled just in front of the farm- 
stead, and remained there for about half an hour, allowing the farm- 
workers to approach within a very short distance of them. I imme- 
diately wrote to Mr. James Robson, The Manse, Longframlington, 
who had inserted the notice, and obtained the reply that the birds 
were Bernacle Geese. They had arrived from the south-east, and 
appeared to be making for the ‘‘ Black Lough,” which lies about three 
miles north-west of the farm. The following day (18th) about a 
dozen passed over in the same direction at 4 p.m. The five which 
had settled near the farm the previous day were so tame that Mrs. 
Renwick and the farm-workers got round them and drove them like 
domestic fowls close to the house before they took flight. 
In Scotland.—In the ‘ Shooting Times,’ Noy. 16th, a correspondent 
writes from the Forth that a fine mature Bernacle was handed to 
him for identification about Noy. 8th. 
The Bernacle is a comparatively rare bird on the east coast, and 
especially so in Northumberland, so that these records, occurring as 
they did within a radius of about a month, points to the fact that a 
considerable movement was probably taking place. It would be 
interesting to know if others have heard of any Bernacles on the 
eastern seaboard this autumn.—Joun M. Cuaruron (Cullercoats, 
Northumberland). 
Partridge breeding in October.—About the middle of October, 
1909, a friend of mine was walking through some swedes on his farm 
