GREY LAG-GOOSE 155 
A rare and straggling visitor to Ireland and the outer 
isles of Scotland, though most frequent on the eastern side 
of England, the Spoonbill is not unlikely to make a chance 
appearance on our shores; but the evidence above is in- 
decisive. | | 
[CHENALOPEX 41GYPTIACUS (Linn.). 
EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 
Some twenty years ago the late Mr. J. M. Jeffcott re- 
ported to the Isle of Man Natural History Society: ‘I 
remember to have seen two beautiful Egyptian Geese which 
had been shot in the neighbourhood of Castletown. This 
bird is remarkable for the rich colours of its plumage and 
a small spur on the bend of each wing.’ In Yarrell (4th 
ed., vol. iv. p. 301) it is stated: ‘Mr. Wallace, of Douglas, 
sent the author word that a flock of nine was seen in the 
Isle of Man in September 1838.’ The species, often kept 
in pleasure grounds, has frequently occurred in various parts 
of the country as an escape. | 
ANSER CINEREUS, Meyer. GREY LAG- 
GOOSE. 
Manx (for Goose in general), *Guiy (M. 8. D. and Cr.). (Cf. Se. 
Gaelic, Gadh ; Irish, Gedh; Welsh, Gwydd; Breton, Gwas, 
Gwai, ete.) Guiy-feie=Wild Goose. 
Little is on record of the Grey Geese frequenting the 
Isle of Man. Although they are not infrequently observed, 
and are sometimes recorded at the lighthouses, our coast is 
not of a nature to tempt their stay, and specimens are 
seldom procured. During the winter of 1896-97, according 
