110 SWANS AND GEESE. 



and fall numbers of Indians resort to this lake 

 to kill wildfowl, that rest on its waters during 

 their migrations north and south. Swans and 

 geese are most sought after, the following species 

 being common : 



AMERICAN SWAN (Cygnus Americanus, Sharp- 

 less). --This handsome swan is common on all 

 the lakes and rivers east and west of the 

 Cascade Mountains. I saw them on the Sumass 

 lake as late as October, the young at that time 

 being quite brown; their breeding haunts, I 

 imagine, are much farther north. 



TRUMPETER SWAN (Cygnus bactinator, Rich- 

 ardson). This magnificent bird is not nearly a,s 

 often seen as the preceding. I obtained a 

 fine specimen at Fort Rupert, and have occa- 

 sionally seen it both on the Fraser and Columbia 

 rivers ; they go very far north to breed. The 

 Indians skin the swans, and trade them with the 

 Hudson's Bay Company, who buy them for 

 swan's-down. 



SNOW GOOSE (Anser hyperboreus, Pallas). 

 Common east and west of the Cascades, 

 stopping for a short time in the prairies inland, 

 and the sand-bars along the coast, as it goes north, 

 and on its returning after the breeding season. I 

 obtained a fine specimen at Nainimo in October. 



