. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club. Bourne 12 Bull. 2002 122(1) at the time of bean harvest and when the bean stubbles were ready for This species is the only one that has any claim to the name of Bean Goose (or segetum), the only migratory species in this country, and the only common and abundant species that we Some years ago Mr Bartlett, struck by the obvious difference between the geese he met with in the markets and the descriptions and drawings given of the Bean was induced to institute a new species, under the name of the Pink-
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club. Bourne 12 Bull. 2002 122(1) at the time of bean harvest and when the bean stubbles were ready for This species is the only one that has any claim to the name of Bean Goose (or segetum), the only migratory species in this country, and the only common and abundant species that we Some years ago Mr Bartlett, struck by the obvious difference between the geese he met with in the markets and the descriptions and drawings given of the Bean was induced to institute a new species, under the name of the Pink-footed this the young of the true Bean distinguished by its short and strong bill- its depth at the base being nearly two-thirds of its length- and by its migratory habits- differing in that respect from all our other geese, arriving periodically every autumn, spreading during the day-time over the stubbles and clover- fields of the wolds and other open districts, arising like clock-work in the evening, and winging their way in long strings to the sand-banks of the Humber and other safe retreats for the ; He then went on to describe and name Anser paludosus "The Long-billed Goose, figured and described by Mr Yarrell, Mr Gould and Mr Morris under the name of segetum or Bean Goose. This is distinguished by having the bill exactly twice the length of the depth at the Before the beginning of this (the 19th) century, when the carrs of Yorkshire were the resort of countless multitudes and numerous species of it was BEAJS" Figure 1. Figure accompanying Pennant's (1776) original description of the Bean Goose. It appears a big bird with long extremities, notably the long, slender bill with indistinct Taiga Bean Goose type markings, and its head no darker than the back. This contrasts with the small, compact form of the Pink-footed Goose with a short, heavily-marked bill and the head darker than the Please
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