BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 247 
The Grey Lag-Goose. — Bluish-grey rump and wing- 
coverts ; flesh-coloured bill, legs and feet. Total 
length, 34 inches ; weight, 8-10 lbs. 
The White-fronted Goose.— White frontal band ; breast 
and belly broadly barred with black ; bill orange- 
yellow ; legs and feet orange. Total length 27 inches ; 
weight, 5-61 lbs. (In the young the frontal 
band does not appear till January and the bill-nail 
is hght brown ; the young female has no black on 
the under-parts.) 
— In both these species the bill-nail is white. 
The Bean-Goose.— Bill, which is rather long and weak, 
orange in the centre, black at the base ; legs and feet 
pinkish-yellow; general plumage darker than the 
last two species. Total length, 33-34 inches : weight, 
7-8 lbs. 
The Pink-footed Goose.— Smaller than the Bean-Goose ; 
bill, which is pink in the centre, black at the edges 
and base, proportionately short for the size of the 
bird ; legs and feet pink. (Colour of legs, feet and 
bill not quite constant.) Total length, 28 inches; 
weight, 6-7 lbs. 
N — In both these species the bill-nail is black. 
THE SNOW-GOOSE. Chen hyperboreus (Pallas). 
A very rare accidental visitor. 
In 1879 Mr. R. Service records the following : " One of the 
keepers on Lochar Moss told me he observed in March, 
1879, a flock of fifteen geese remarkable for their pure white 
colour ; but as he had no gun with him at the time the 
species was not determined. He was very close to them, and 
felt quite certain they were none of the species in the habit 
of visiting Lochar."* I have been unable to obtain any 
* Trans. D. and G. NaL Hist. Soc, November 7th, 1879. 
