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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Hadfield records one, of twelve, procured off Blackgang, 
in the Isle of Wight, in November, 1888.^ 
159. Anser segetttm, Bean-gOOse, 
An occasional winter visitor. 
In the Hart collection are specimens procured December 
4th, 1 87 1, and in February, 1880. 
A specimen in Lord Malmesbury's collection at Heron 
Court was shot with another out of a flock on Avon 
Common, and weighed %\ lbs. Mr. W. H. Turle shot 
two out of a flock on Bransbury Common some twelve 
years ago. 
More has recorded it from the Isle of Wight, and 
Dr. Cowper2 says it has been obtained in the marshes 
near Sandown in the winter of 1892-93. 
Mr. Meade- Waldo 3 considers it an uncertain visitor, 
occasionally passing over in considerable numbers. 
160. A7iser brachyrhynchus , Fink-footed Goose. 
An occasional winter visitor. 
In the Hart collection are specimens from the district, 
procured on January 6th, 1871, and February 17th, 1886. 
The three preceding species are rarely, when procured, 
distinguished from each other, or correctly identified — 
usually being designated as " grey geese," or " wild 
» " Zoologist." 1889. ' " Hants Court Guide." 
3 " Victoria History of Hants." 
