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222. The American Bittern. 



Distribution. — Two near Armagh, Oct. 1921. 



229. The Whooper Swan. 



Distribution. — Pair bred western Highlands, May 1921, and probably 

 previously (A. Gordon, Brit. B., x\ T , p. 170). Reported to have bred North- 

 umberland in 1923, but no young reared (Vasculum, x, p. 31, Oct. 1923). 



231. The Mute Swan. 



Synonym : Cygnus immutabilis Yarrell, Proc. Zool. Soc, London 1838, 

 p. 19 (Description of specimen shot on the Medway, with paler feet, 

 and to which are attributed the white pulli which occur sometimes in 

 semi-domesticated Swans). 



232. Distribution. — For some evidence of its having been indigenous in 

 England see N, F. Ticehurst, Brit. B., xvxt, pp. 174-82. 



233. The Grey Lag-Goose. 



Synonym : Anser palustris Fleming, Hist. Brit. Anim., p. 126 (1828 — 

 " Breeding in the fen countries of England "). 



241. The Lesser White-fronted Goose. 

 Incubation. — Period (in confinement) 25 days (Blaauw). 



242. The Bean-Goose. 



Synonym : Anser paludosus Strickland, Rep. Brit. Ass. Adv. Sc, 1858 

 pp. 131, 132, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1859, pp. 122-24, pi. iv, 

 Fig. 1 (England), 



245. The Pink-footed Goose. 



Synonym : Anser phcenicopus Bartlett, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 Part vn, p. 3 (1839— England). 



Description. — Nestling. — Like nestling A. f. fabalis but upper- and 

 under -parts strongly suffused greenish -yellow ; crown, centre of nape, 

 sides of body and back of thighs dark sepia, down filaments greenish- 

 yellow ; spot below and bar across wing, and region below eye greenish - 

 yellow ; under-parts whitish suffused greenish-yellow. (One examined.) 

 (A. C. Meinertzhagen) . 



247. Distribution. — Flock of forty seen N. Uist (O. Hebrides), May 1921. 

 Abroad. — No evidence of occurrence on Franz Josef Land but breeds 

 Greenland. 



249. The Snow-Goose. 



Distribution. — Three seen Solway, Oct. 1922, and one reported seen 

 Norfolk, Oct. and Dec. 1922. 



254. The Barnacle-Goose 



Breeding -habits. — Found nesting in 1921-22 in Spitsbergen (F.C.R.J.). 

 Nest freely lined down : clutch sometimes 6. 



296. The Wigeon. 



Distribution. — Breeds also Wigtownshire and Dumbartonshire. 



298. The American Wigeon. 



Distribution. — Sir Richard Graham had at Netherby in 1914 twenty 

 full-winged hybrid Wigeon and American Wigeon which disappeared 

 during the war, and this may account for an American Wigeon shot in 

 Dumfriesshire in Nov. 1918 (H. S. Gladstone, Notes on the Birds of 

 Dumfriesshire, 1923). 



303. The Pintail. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Winter quarters in America refer to A. a. 

 tzitzihoa, the American subspecies. 



