The occurrence of 'Russian' Bean Geese in Britain. In reply to Andreas Noeske (Brit. Birds 83: 556-560), we should like to comment as follows: 1. We agree that the Bean Goose Anser fabalis shows clinal variation and that subspecific identification is difficult. These points were emphasised in our note (Brit. Birds 81: 68-70). 2. Our note reported bill shapes and patterns and measurements of thr

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