40 Mr. J. D. D. La Touche on the [Ibis, 
as compared with the other Bean-Geese. Specimens col¬ 
lected in the spring of 1913 were all shot from the 19th 
to the 31st of March. 
Geese pass in spring from the end of February to the 
middle of April, and in autumn from the end of August or 
beginning of September to the 5th or 6th of November. 
I kept at Chinwangtao live examples of the Common Bean- 
Goose. One which I had for two years was purchased from 
a hawker in the autumn of 1915. It was extremely tame 
from the very beginning, and lias since become the inseparable 
companion of two domestic ganders, following them every¬ 
where and showing much distress when separated from 
them, honking loudly until re-united to them. During the 
winter it suffered much from the cold and at that season 
constantly uttered a plaintive squeak. During the hot 
weather it was almost equally incommoded, and then ran 
about the yard seeking shelter with a perpetual tremulous 
honk. It moulted the contour-feathers in the spring and 
the wing-quills in September. This Goose was very jealous 
of the other wild geese in the yard, and would attack them 
and chase them away. 
I have noticed that these birds appeared to be fond of 
cooked meat. 
Bean-Geese were very abundant at Newchwang in the 
spring of 1890. 
279. Anser segetum serrirostris Swinhoe. 
Anser segetum I). & O. p. 491 (part). 
Anser serrirostris La T. p. 583. 
The Eastern Bean-Goose is about as common on passage 
as Anser segetum . I have seen or shot examples in March 
and October. I purchased two live winged birds in March 
1917—one escaped, but the other became sufficiently domes¬ 
ticated and was also sent to Shanghai in October 1917. This 
bird had a deep honk very different from that of the Goose 
mentioned above. It had a trick of standing sentry on a 
low 'wall in the yard, where it would remain for a long time, 
and often, if disturbed, it w r ould walk off balancing itself 
