l8o CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



my oilskin sailor bags, which handicapped me 

 immensely. When we got near the spot where 

 the bird came down, John kept pointing with his 

 stick and ejaculating " Be ready" ; " Being ready" 

 was, after all, not required, for the Goose had fallen 

 dead, and lay with outstretched wings, the most 

 beautiful male bird you ever saw — the deep orange 

 bill and legs contrasting so strikingly with the rest 

 of the plumage. Had my first barrel not missed fire 

 I should have had four or five of them. 



When I brought the bird back to the Bay View 

 Hotel, Mrs. Galvin said she had never seen so 

 handsome a one brought in by any visitor. The 

 second White- Fronted Goose was obtained in a bog 

 not far away from the spot where I got the first. 

 It was some little time afterwards, and my gun, 

 instead of a double-barrelled twelve bore, was a 

 single-barrelled ten bore, which gave me a chance at 

 a longer range. 



Whenever going out for my day's Snipe shooting 

 I used invariably to take this gun with me in case I 

 might come across any Geese. Well, one day I 

 saw them on the side of the bog near the road, 

 about 130 to 140 yards off, so I got off the car, 

 walked on the oft^ side of it, then ran in as near as I 

 could, and took my shot at about 1 10 yards, as they 

 rose on the wing; this bird acted in almost the same 

 manner as the first, t.e.^ continued with the flock for 

 a time, then separated, falling dead about a quarter 

 of a mile off. 



Both specimens were shot in the head. 



