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Two females and a male of this species were shot nth October, 

 1886, within a few miles of Ottawa, Ont. by Mr. G. P.. White. The 

 bills and feet were black instead of being lake-red as in Dr. Coues 

 description, but the birds correspond with it in every other parti- 

 cular. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A typical specimen was shot 

 by Mr. A. Ralph on the River Thames, i6th November, 1888. As 

 one foot was missing and the tissues completely healed over, the 

 bird was probably an adult and certainly agrees in every particular 

 with the ^description given in Ridgway's Manual. The bird has 

 been preserved and is in London, Ont. {R. Elliott.) An adult 

 male taken on the lake shore seventeen miles west of Toronto. 

 Ont., is in my collection; another, probably taken at the same 

 place, is in the collection at Trinity University. One specimen was 

 taken at Gravenhurst, Ont., about 1886. (/. H. Fleming.) A tran- 

 sient visitor in Manitoba. (E. T. Seton.) 



170. Ross Snowy Goose. 



Chen rossii (Cassin) Ridgw. 1880. 



According to Cassin this is the "Horned Wavey," described by 

 Hearne, in 1795. After the description, Hearne says: — 



"This species is very scarce at Churchill river, and I believe is 

 never found at any of the southern settlements, but about two or 

 three hundred miles to the northwest of Churchill I have seen them 

 in as large flocks as the common wavey or snow goose." 



Nothing more was heard of this species until Mr. Robert Kenni- 

 cott and Mr. Bernard R. Ross, of the Hudson Bay Company, sent 

 specimens taken on Great Slave lake to the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and Mr. Cassin recognized it as a new species and named it after 

 Mr. Ross. 



On September 20th, 1902, a specimen of this bird was taken 

 near Portage la Prairie, Man. by a young lad, F. Marwood, and 

 later the mutilated skin fell into my hands. I subsequently heard 

 that in 1901 tv^^o other specimens had been taken. {Geo. Atkinson.) 

 A regular migrant throughout the Calgary district, Alta. Every 

 fall a limited number are killed by local sportsmen here, who call 

 them the "little wavey." {Dippie.) 



This goose has been taken at the mouth of the Fraser river, and 

 also on Shuswap lake, and on Kuper island, B.C., but I am inclined 

 to think that its occurrence here is rare. {Fannin.) 



