severe weather of January 1855 on the great bogs in 

 the neighbourhood of Templemore, till they were frozen 

 hard, and I subsequently saw large flocks on various 

 parts of the east and west coasts of Ireland. The 

 present species averages considerably larger than the 

 Pink-footed, but the only constant external character 

 that distinguishes it from that bird is its greater com- 

 parative length of bill. A difference in voice between 

 these two species of Goose is alluded to by Mr. H. 

 Saunders in his ' Manual,' but certainly escaped my 

 notice in the days when a Wild Goose chase offered 

 invincible attractions for me, and I was able to indulge 

 my taste in that pursuit, although I could always distin- 

 guish the differences of voice between the Grey Lag, the 

 White-fronted, and the present bird. The Bean-Goose 

 breeds in Northern Europe and Asia, and visits the 

 eastern portions of the Mediterranean during the winter. 

 It thrives well in a pinioned condition if allowed plenty 

 of room, but none of those so kept at Lilford have ever, 

 to my knowledge, paired inter se, though a male of this 

 species has for two successive years mated with a 

 White-fronted Goose, and, at this time of writing 

 (October 1893), two hybrids thus produced are in our 

 aviary; the elder of these, hatched in 1892, is a sin- 

 gularly handsome bird, presenting the white forehead of 

 its female parent, with the brilliant orange legs and feet 

 of its father. 



