PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 71 
peared in the south of Scotland, and those which 
came under our notice were all Bean-geese. Du- 
ring the following season, 1842-43, geese were 
almost equally scarce, but on the 3d April we 
found a specimen of the pink-footed bird, along 
with one or two bean geese, in the shop of Mr. 
Muirhead, poulterer, who is always most obliging 
in allowing us to inspect his cargoes of wild fowl and 
select any thing curious from among them. These 
were said to have come from the east coast, along 
which, from Edinburgh to Newcastle, the wild geese, 
in spring, and when on the move to their breeding- 
grounds, feed on the young wheat, and were for- 
merly at this season sent in considerable numbers 
to the Edinburgh market. This specimen has served 
for the following description : — In extreme length it 
is about two feet five inches ; the bill, from having 
been kept, had become dark, but appeared to have 
