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recorded that the " wild goose (Anser ferus) is frequently 
shot in the Lochar Moss."* Three specimens of Bean-Geese 
obtained in Lochar Moss were included in the collection 
of Sir WiUiam Jardine, which passed into the possession 
of the Edinburgh Museum in 1876 ; and the Catalogue of 
the Birds contained in the collection of Sir William Jardine, 
on p. 174, records a specimen got at Jardine Hall. In 
the Naturalist's Library Sir William states : " During 
the winter of 1841-1842, one of considerable severity, 
comparatively few wild geese appeared in the south of 
Scotland, and those which came under our notice were 
all Bean-Geese. "t 
In 1886 this species is stated to be " the common grey 
goose of the Solway, but it has become much scarcer in 
winter of late years, though large flocks occur in spring 
and autumn a statement confirmed by WiUiam Hastings.§ 
Specimens may occasionally be obtained, but seldom can be 
identified before being sent to market ; but a fine female, 
shot in January, 1906, on the Solway by Mr. Norman b! 
Kinnear, is now in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. 
One was shot on the River Nith near Carnsalloch on 
December 30th, 1908, by Mr. Norman Maclachlan, and 
another was obtained a few days later farther up the river. 
The geese that are seen inland flying overhead at 
the seasons of migration, seldom come within shot, but 
Mr. J. Little informs me that a Bean-Goose was shot behind 
the Beef-Tub Moor (Moffat) a good many years ago by 
Thomas Pagan, gamekeeper at Moffat House. 
This species nests throughout Arctic Russia from Kolguev 
to the Taimyr district, migrating south in autumn, and the 
date of its arrival on our coast approximately coincides with 
that of the Grey Lag-Goose, though it probably precedes the 
latter in its vernal departure. 
* New Stat. Acct. Scot., Vol. IV., p. 444. 
t Nat. Lib., 1843, Vol. XIV., pp. 70, 71. 
t Birds of Cumberland, 1886, p. 87. 
§ R. Service, MS. Diary, October 9th, 1886. 
