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tween the district of Mackenzie and Greenland; this may prove to 

 be the breedings range of the large tule goose, now called gamhelli. 



Winter range. — In North America, mainly in western United 

 States and Mexico. East to the Mississippi Valley, rare east of that, 

 and hardly more than casual on the Atlantic coast. South to the 

 coast of Louisiana and Texas and to central western Mexico (Jalisco 

 and Cape San Lucas). West to the Pacific coasts of Mexico and 

 United States. North to southern British Columbia, southern Illi- 

 nois, and perhaps Ohio. In the Eastern Hemisphere, south to Japan, 

 China, India, the Caspian, Black, and Mediterranean Seas and 

 northern Africa. 



Sjyring migration. — Early dates of arrival: Manitoba, Aweme, 

 April 5; Mackenzie, Fort Simpson, May 11, Fort McMurray, May 

 15, and Fort Anderson, May 16; Coronation Gulf, May 31. Alaska 

 dates of arrival: Forrester Island, April 24, St. Michael, April 25, 

 Kuskolrwim River, April 29, Kowak River, May 10, Wainwright, 

 May 27, Point Barrow, May 16. Late dates of departure: Cali- 

 fornia, Stockton, May 2; Washington, Grays Harbor, May 5; Mani- 

 toba, Shoal Lake, May 26; Alaska, Kuiu Island, May 6; Oregon, 

 Fort Klamath, June 3. 



Fall migration. — Early dates of arrival: Manitoba, Aweme, Sep- 

 tember 7 (average October 2) ; Alberta, Red Deer River, September 

 12; Alaska, Sitka, September 29; British Columbia, Porcher Island, 

 September 6; Washington, Tacoma, October 1; Colorado, Brighton, 

 October 1 ; Utah, Bear River, October 10 ; California, Stockton, Sep- 

 tember 7. Late dates of departure : Mackenzie, Great Bear Lake, 

 October 9; Alaska, St. Michael, October 8, and Craig, November 8; 

 Manitoba, Aweme, November 1. 



Casual records. — Has w^andered east to Labrador (Hopedale, May, 

 1900), Massachusetts (Essex County, October 5, 1888, Plymouth, 

 November 26, 1897, and Ipswich, August, 1907), North Carolina 

 (Currituck Sound, January 1897), and Cuba. Said to have oc- 

 curred in the Hawaiian Islands. 



Egg dates. — Arctic Canada : Seventeen records, June 2 to July 

 10; nine records, June 24 to July 6. Alaska: Twelve records. May 

 23 to July 25 ; six records, June 5 to 24. Greenland : Five records 

 June 4 to July 26. 



ANSER ALBIFRONS GAMBELLI Hartlaub 



TULE GOOSE 



HABITS 



The above scientific name has been in use for many years to desig- 

 nate the North American race of the white-fronted goose, which was 

 understood to be slightly larger and to have a decidedly larger bill 



