. An illustrated manual of British birds . billpink in the centre, base and edges black, nail black, legs and feetpink. This colour does not appear to me to be constant, as some Ihave kept in a state of semi-domestication and bred from for severalyears, have, in some instances, had the light parts of the bill and thelegs and feet orange, as briglit and decided an orange as the orange-legged species; in this state they are very like, and if shot would nodoubt be recorded for, Bean Geese. They are slightly different inplumage, however, having the white markings on the tail broader;and the should
. An illustrated manual of British birds . billpink in the centre, base and edges black, nail black, legs and feetpink. This colour does not appear to me to be constant, as some Ihave kept in a state of semi-domestication and bred from for severalyears, have, in some instances, had the light parts of the bill and thelegs and feet orange, as briglit and decided an orange as the orange-legged species; in this state they are very like, and if shot would nodoubt be recorded for, Bean Geese. They are slightly different inplumage, however, having the white markings on the tail broader;and the shoulder of the wing is more of a blue grey, in this respectresembling the Grey Lag-Goose, though the blue is darker than inthat bird. To this I may add that the Pink-footed Goose is smallerthan the Bean, the length being about 28 in., and the wing 17-5 in.;while the bill is shorter in proportion. Mr. Bartlett has pointedout that the formation of its sternum more closely resembles that ofthe White-fronted than of the Bean Goose. ANATID.^i. 393. THE SNOW-GOOSE. Chen hyperboreus (Pallas). On November 9th 1871 my attention was called to two immatureSnow-Geese in Leadenhall Market ; and subsequent investigation,with the assistance of Sir Victor Brooke, showed that these twobirds had been shot a few days before, on the lake of Tacumshane,CO. ^Vexford, while a third was killed soon after in Wexford harhour>but not preserved. In October 1877, as recorded by Mr. Harting(Zool. 1878, p. 419), a flock of seven were seen near BelmuUet, , two of which were captured, and one, a gander, paired witha Common Goose and had young. Having met with its death byan accident in the spring of 1884, it was presented by Mr. J- R-Crampton to the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin, the authoritiesof which courteously sent it to me to be figured, and its portrait by 394 SNOW-GOOSE. Mr. Whymper is at the head of the present article. There is someevidence that three birds sold at the dispersal of the Knows
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