390 bulletin: museum of compaeative zoology. 



Branta canadensis hutchinsi (Richardson). 

 hutchin's goose. 



In the vicinity of Demarcation Point this species was not common. 



On May 20, 1914, a flock of about thirty was seen far back on the 

 tundra flying west. After this date small flocks were occasionally 

 seen flying west until June 7, when a small flock flew east. The last 

 Hutchin's Geese seen were a flock of seven flying east on June 29. 



I think one pair bred about five miles southeast of the Point, but I 

 was not able to find the nest. 



A female taken by Mr. Dixon at Herschel Island, August 9, 1914, 

 has the fresh primaries and middle tail feathers two thirds gro"v\Ti. 

 The new feathers on the under surface, back and rump are nearly 

 complete in development. 



Branta nigricans (Lawrence). 



BLACK BRANT. 



During 1913 we saw a few Black Brant near Seymour Narrows, 

 southern Alaska, on April 5. On the west side of Providence Bay, 

 Siberia, we saw a flock of about twenty June 19. Several were seen 

 at Demarcation Point, September 1. 



During the spring of 1914, the first Brant were seen at Demarcation 

 Point, on May 20, a flock of about fifteen flying west. Nearly every 

 day until the first of June one or more flocks would be seen about two 

 miles back from the shore flying west. From June 1 to 1 1 all those 

 seen flew east as though they had been waiting west of me until con- 

 ditions somewhere east were more favorable. After June 11 none 

 were seen. 



Specimens were taken at Providence Bay, Humphrey, and Demarca- 

 tion Points. 



Anas platyrhynchos Linne. 



Mallards were common near ^Yrangel Narrows, southern Alaska, 

 April 9, 1913. On the 10th and Uth of the same month several were 

 seen at Kupreanof Island and Glacier Bay respectively. 



