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Anser albifrons {Scop.). White-fronted Goose, 
A white-fronted goose was shot at the Battery Park, near Helms- 
dale, on March 15th, 1887, and brought the next day to Mr. 
Hill, the banker. It appeared to be a solitary bird, and 
weighed 5-|- lbs. Mr. Hill kindly sent the head to Buckley, 
who preserved it. This seems to be the first time this bird 
has occurred in Sutherland. 
When in Thurso in June 1887, Mr. L. Dunbar informed Buckley 
that the white-fronted geese were common at Strathmore, and 
bred there. On further inquiry, however, it appeared that 
those that bred were pinioned birds, so probably they were 
originally bred from slightly wounded birds. 
Bernicla brenta {Pall). Brent Goose, 
In a letter from Mr. Swanson of Eispond to Mr. Houstoun, dated 
January 15£h, 1887, he says : — ■ 
"In reply to yours of to-day, the bird you saw described in 
the papers as having landed at Rispond, and been domesticated 
by me, is the brent goose. I think it answers the description 
of that bird given in the library here (Thurso). It has a black 
head and neck, dark-grey body, web-footed, and rather larger 
than a duck, but not so big as a wild goose. 
"We caught it and clipped one of its wings, and since then 
it goes with the ducks, and is as tame as any of them. Its 
principal meat is grass. I never saw one of the kind before." 
An adult male was killed olf the Caithness coast in February 
1885, as we are informed by Mr. E. S. Cameron of Barcaldine. 
Dafila acuta {L.). Pintail, 
Mr. E. S. Cameron of Barcaldine informs us that an adult male 
pintail was killed off the Caithness coast in February 1885. 
Mareca penelope {L.). Widgeon. 
On September 27th, 1886, a son of Sheriff Mackenzie shot some 
