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and later in large flocks, which are usually arranged in quite definite V-shaped 

 figures; more commonly seen early or late in the day, and heard at all times 

 of night; frequently alights; "'abundant fall and spring migrant, occasionally 

 alighting in the Saginaw marshes " (N. A. Eddy); " common in winter at Port 

 Sanilac" (W. A. Oldfield); "often in wheat fields" (Jerome Trombley); common 

 migrant at St. Joseph and Palmer, Marquette County, and very common at 

 Albion, where it often tarries two or three days in early spring" (O. B. Warren); 

 "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); nests on the ground; eggs, five to six, yellowish 

 green "not distinguishable from those of our common geese" (Dr. W. C. Brownell). 

 These birds are very shy and so are rarely taken. " Mr. Briggs erf Wayne County 

 has a fine pair. They attempt to migrate each season, which he prevents. They 

 breed well in confinement. They cross readily with common geese, but the hybrids 

 are infertile " (Dr. W. C. Brownell); " will sometimes swim up to ducking stools, 

 and fly low in foggy weather " (L. S. Foster). 



72-172a-(704). Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Sw. and Rich.). Hutchins' Goose, 



Rare migrant; reported in catalogue of birds of Michigan in the Kent Scientific 

 Institute by E. L. Moseley; taken by the late W. H. Collins on St. Clair Flats. 

 Amos W. Butler gives it as a rare migrant in Indiana; and, upon Dr. Brayton's 

 authority, says it formerly bred in that state (Birds of Indiana, p. 25). 



73-172b (702a). Branta canadensis occidentalis {Baird). White-cheeked Goose. 



Reported by the late W. H. Collins, who was a very accurate observer. Dr. 

 A. K. Fisher thinks this doubtful. 



74-172C (703). Branta canadensis minima Ridgw. Cackling Goose. 

 Reported by the late W. H. Collins. 



75-173-(700). Branta beruicla (Linn.). Brant. 



Rare or accidental; "common wild goose in the Upper Peninsula " (A. H. Boies); 

 " one taken by E. M. Grifiin in the winter of 1884, and now in the college 

 museum at that place " (O. B. Warren); reported from Michigan by Robert B. 

 Lawrence (Forest and Stream, Vol. XXXII, p. 316); migrant; this species while 

 more common near the ocean, is said to occur not rarely in Michigan and the 

 surrounding states; " I have often seen them " (Dr. W. C. Brownell); " Indiana " 

 (Butler's Birds of Indiana); good game bird. 



Gentjs OLOR Wagleb. 



76-180(689). Olor coliimbianus (Ord). * Whistling Swan; American Swan. 



Rare, migrant; formerly very common on Lake Erie (Hubbard in Memorials of 

 a Half Century, p. 283); occasional in summer; one in museum taken at Maple 

 Rapids; one taken at Plymouth by J. B. Purdy; " one in museum of Albion 

 College, shot near Albion in the spring of 1891, and a rare migrant at Palmer, 

 Marquette Co." (O. B. Warren); one killed at Mason, this county, Nov. 28. 1878; 

 "have known several to be shot about our inland lakes" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); 

 one taken by Mr. Levi Broas near Ionia and now in his fine collection; two 

 taken by E. A. Lockwood in the month of December at South Haven (Am. 

 Field, Vol. XXVII); they occasionally occur in flocks in Jackson and Washte- 



