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Cygnus colmnbianus, Bailey, Condor, vol. 27, p. 206, 1925. — Bknt, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. Bull. 130, p. 292, 1925.— A. O. U. check-list of North Americau birds, 

 ed. 4, p. 3G, 1931.— Peteks, Checlc-list of tlie birds of the ^vovld, vol. 1, p. 

 144, 1931. 



Brooks saw two pairs of swans flying past the southeast point of 

 St. Lawrence Island on June 28, 1913. Bailey writes that a resident 

 teacher on the island, " Mr. Dupertius, of the Bureau of Education, 

 showed me a photograph which he had made of four j'oung downy 

 swans in their nest on St. Lawrence Island during tlie summer of 

 1922. He tells me the species breeds there regularly." 



The members of the Harriman Expedition also saw a couple of 

 swans on the island (at a distance the large white objects were first 

 identified as polar bears), and later in the same day they found 

 a pair with young, feeding in a slough. One downy young one was 

 collected. 



Collins noted the presence of swans on the island in the summer 

 of 1930 but was unable to obtain a specimen. 



PHILACTE CANAGICA (Scvastianoff) 

 EMpmjoR Goose 



Anas canagictis Sevastiano] f, Nova Acta Acad. Sci. Imp. Petropol., vol. 13, 

 p. 349, pi. 10, 1802 [probablj' Kanaga (or Kyktak) Ishuid, Aleutian 

 Islands]. 



Philacte canagica. Nelson, Birds of Bering Sea, etc., Cruise of the Corwin^ 

 p. 95, 18S3.— Turner, Contr. Nat. Hist. Alaska, no. 11, p. 142, 1886.— Nelson, 

 Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska, p. 89, 1887. — 

 Nei-Son, Bird-Lore, vol. 15, p. 129, 1913. — Brooks, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 vol. .59, p. 389, 1915.— Heksey, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 66. no. 2, p. 22, 

 1916.— Bailey, Condor, vol. 27, p. 205, 1925.— Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 

 130, p. 268, 1925.— Jaques, Auk, vol. 47, p. 364, 1930.— A. O. U. cheek-list of 

 North American birds, ed. 4, p. 39, 1931. — Peters, Check-list of the birds 

 of the world, vol. 1, p. 149, 1931. 



A/iser canagicus, H.vetert, Die Vogel dei" palliarktischen Fauna, vol. 2, p. 1290, 

 1920. 



The emperor goose is one of the most notable birds of St. Law- 

 rence Island, breeding there in large numbers, especially in the lagooji 

 and lake area in the southern part of the island. Nelson saw great 

 numbers of them along the southwestern coast. Brooks noted them 

 abundantly, during the latter part of June, " flying to and from a 

 marsh by a large lagoon."' Hersey was " told repeatedly that em- 

 peror geese occur in large numbers on the south side of St. Lawrence 

 Island during the period when engaged in the postnuptial moult, 

 and " he believes " that the center of their abundance to-day is on 

 this island." Bailey writes that Hendee saw this species daily during 

 the first week in July- 

 He was working the north shore, which, according to the natives, is not a 

 good locality for this s])ecies, the lagoons along the southern side being the 

 main breeding ground. * * * Sr. Lnwrence Island has been considered the 



