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Chen hyperboreus hyperboreus (Pallas), 

 lesser snow goose. 



This does not seem to be a common species on the Arctic coast of 

 Alaska though the spring of 1914 was so foggy that it was impossible 

 to carry on observations of birds flying over the tundra back from the 

 coast. 



The only Snow Geese seen in 1913 consisted of a flock flying east on 

 August 25, about twenty-five miles west of Demarcation Point. 



At this locality the first birds were seen on June 11, 1914, a flock of 

 about fifteen flying east. On June 20 about one hundred flew west 

 in an evenly formed V. A single bird, a male, was taken June 30. 



Mr. Dixon noted this species at Humphrey Point on June 1, and 

 took two females on June 12 and 27, 1914. 



A ship-wrecked sailor who was forced to spend the winter of 1913-14^ 

 at Point Barrow stated that in June he found the nest of a Snow 

 Goose several miles inland from this Point. Mr. Charles Brower, an 

 old trader at Point Barrow, and a man of integrity, vouched for this 

 statement. 



A pair of Snow Geese was shot at Herschel Island, on May 16, 1914. 



Anser albifrons gambeli Hartlaub. 

 white-fronted goose. 



White-fronted Geese were seen by Mr. Dixon at Humphrey Point, 

 June 1, 1914. 



Philacte canagica (Sevastianoff). 



EMPEROR GOOSE. 



We found this bird sparingly during June, 1913, at Providence Bay, 

 and secured a male shot by an Eskimo at Indian Point on June 5. 



On the south side of St. Lawrence Island during the latter part of 

 June we found them abundant, where they were flying to and from 

 a marsh by a large lagoon. 



They were very tame, and possessed sufficient curiosity to be 

 decoyed by the native method of lying on one's back and kicking the 

 feet in the air. 



We could find no nests. 



