Number in ca pti vity : Several pair in possession of Bob Elgas at Big Timber, Montana, 

 and Patuxent Wildlife Research Center propagation station of the U.S. Bureau of Sport 

 Fisheries and Wildlife at Laurel, Maryland. 



Breeding potential in captivity : Probably good. 



References : 



Delacour, J. 1954. Waterfowl of the world. Vol . 1: 108-109. 



Elgas, B. 1970. Breeding populations of white-fronted geese in northwestern 



Canada. Wilson Bull . 82: 420-426 . 

 Moffitt, J. 1926. Notes on white-fronted and tule geese in central California. 



Condor 28:241-243. 

 Swarth, H. S. and H. C. Bryant. 1917. A study of the races of white-fronted 



goose (Anser albifrons) occurring in California . Univ . California . Pubs . in 



Zool. 17:209-222. 

 Wilbur, S. R. 1966a. The tule white-fronted goose, a summary of our present 



knowledge. Paper presented at Cooper Ornithological Society Meeting, San 



Francisco State College, April 9, 1966. 

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albifrons gambelli ) on the California wintering grounds. Progress Report 1, 



U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Sacramento Nat. Wildlife Refuge, 



California. 10 pp. typed. 



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