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OBiaiNAL ARTICLES. 



No. of Species. 



Genus Niinieniiis. 



135. Numenius lorealis (Lath.) Eskimo Curlew. North to Eort 



Good Hope : rare. 



Family Rallidce. 



(Ealliuse.) 

 Genus Porzana. 



136. Porzana carolincB (Vieill). Common Eail. North to Big- 



Island: rare. 



Genus rulica. 



137. Fulica ainericana\\ (Gmelin). Coot. North to Fort Simpson : 



rather rare. 



VI. — Order Natatoees. 



(Anseres.) 



Family Anatidae. 



(Cygninae.) 



Genus Cygnus, 



(Olor.) 



138. Cygnus americanus\\ (Sharj).). American Swan. North to 



Arctic coast : not common. 

 tl39. Cygnus buceinator\\ (Richd.). Trumpeter Swan. North to 

 Arctic coast : common. 



(Anserinse.) 

 Geniis Anser. 

 (Chen.) 

 1^0. Anser hyperboreus\\ (Pallas). Snow Goose. North to Arctic 

 coast : abundant. 



141. Anser albatus (Cass.). North to Fort Eesolution. Although 



no specimen of this Goose is among our collection I am 

 certain that I have shot it on Slave Lake. 



142. Anser Fossil (Baird). Eoss's Wavey. North to Fort Eeso- 



lution. There can be little doubt of the existence of these 

 three species of Snow Geese (exclusive of the Blue Wavey 

 of Hudson's Bay), as the Slave Lake Indians have a dif- 

 ferent name for each kind. The first which arrives is the 

 middle-sized species which I believe to be the A. albafus ; 

 next comes the smallest sort, the A. Fossii ; and lastly, the 

 A. hyperboreus, which arrives Avhen the trees are in leaf, 

 and is called the Yellow Wavey by the Indians. 



(Anser.) 

 143 Anser Gambelii\\ (Hart.). White-fronted Goose. North to 

 Arctic coast : common. 



Genus Bernicla. 

 tl44. Bernicla canadensis \\ (Boie). Canada Goose. North to 

 Arctic coast : common. 



