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BULLETIN OF THE NUTTALL 
OCCURRENCE OF THE BARNACLE GOOSE {BERNIGLA LEU- 
COPSIS) ON LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 
BY GEO. X. LAWRENCE. 
I WAS recently informed, by Mr. Harold Herrick, that a specimen 
of this species could be seen at the store of Mr. Conway, taxidermist, 
in Carmine Street, said to have been killed on Long Island. I called 
there and was shown a nicely mounted example of this Goose in 
perfect plumage. Mr. Conway said that it was brought to him in 
the flesh, in good condition, and was eaten by his family ; he spoke 
very favorably of its edible qualities. 
I learned from him that its possessor was Mr. J. K. Kendall of 
this city. I had an interview with this gentleman, and requested 
that he would ascertain all the facts possible as to its capture, and 
send me the information. I received from him the following letter 
giving the result of his inquiries : — 
New York, November 29, 1876. 
Dear Sir, — About October 20 I saw a specimen of the Barnacle 
Goose hanging in a restaurant in this city, — bought it and had it stuffed. 
I questioned the proprietor, and learned from him the place where he 
bought it, — from a produce-dealer near Washington Market. After- 
wards I interviewed the marketman, and he recollected the bird well, 
although he had no idea what it was. He told me he bought it from a 
Long Island farmer, who brought it to the city in his wagon, and who 
said that it was killed by a boy in^ Jamaica Bay. Unfortunately he did 
not know the farmer, — never saw him before nor since, so I was unable 
to trace the bird any farther, but I am fully satisfied the story was true. 
Yours truly, 
J. K. Kendall. 
This is the second instance of this species having been procured 
on the Atlantic coast ; the first was obtained in Currituck Sound, 
North Carolina, in 1870, and is recorded in Vol. V, p. 10, of the 
“ American Naturalist.’’ * 
* In Dr. Brewer’s ‘‘ Catalogue of the Birds of New England ” (from Proceed- 
ings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. XVII, March 3, 1875) he 
excludes this species from our New England list, and also states that the speci- 
men recorded by Mr. Lawrence as having been taken in North Carolina was 
