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Genus Erismatura. 

 167. Erismatura jamaicensis Gmel. Ruddy duck, A breeding resident; 

 also a migrant. 



Description: Belly gray shading into silvery white; chin and cheeks 

 white; top and back of head black; rest of plumage chestnut in color; bill 

 bright blue, short and wide near end. Length of bird 14. 



Nest: The nest is well hid among weeds and other water plants. It is 

 composed of a mass of plant stems. Eggs numbering about 12, ranging 

 from light buff to creamy in color. 



Genus Chen. 



169. Chen Hyperborea Pall. Lesser Snow goose. A common migrant. 



Description: Wing with gray patch and black tip; rtst of plumage pure 

 white. 



Genus Anser. 



171a. Anser albifrons gambeli Hartl. White-fronted goose. A common 

 migrant. On the 29th of August, 1906, 10,000 of these geese 

 passed over LaPush, being driven southward in a storm. They 

 were so low that I shot them from my front porch. They return 

 northward in March and April. 



Description: Tail coverts, posterior part of belly and face white; beily 

 and sides spotted with black, or wholly black; rest of plumage dark gray; 

 bill and feet orange, usually. Length of bird 30. 



Genus Branta. 

 172a. Branta canadensis hutchinsii Rich. Hutchins goose. A common 

 migrant. A settler at the Quillayute prairie killed 117 of these 

 geese one winter. 



Description: White band across the throat and neck; body of a deep 

 gray; rest of plumage black. Length of bird 34. This bird resembles the 

 Canada goose, but is smaller. 



1726. Branta canadensis occidentalis Baird. White-cheeked goose. This 

 is a common migrant. 



Description: Cheeks white; throat patch between cheek patches black; 

 rest of plumage practically* similar to that of the Hutchins goose above. 



172c. Branta canadensis minima Ridgw. Cackling goose. A common mi- 

 grant. Length of bird 23. 

 174. Branta nigricans Lawr. Black brant. A migrant. 



Description: Neck semi-encircled from the ventral side by a white band; 

 anal region white; breast and head black, the former shading into slaty; 

 rest of plumage sooty brown. 



Genus Philacate. 

 176. Philacate canagica Sevast. Empire goose. An Indian killed the only 

 specimen of the species 1 ever saw. He did not know what it was 

 and brought it to me for identification. 



Description: Tail, head and back of neck white; chin and throat brown- 

 ish black; rest of plumage bluish gray; bill pinkish white. Length of 

 bird 24. 



