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■J2i [169] Chen hyperboreus hyperboreus (Pall.). ' 

 Snow Goose. 



Very rare transient visitor in tlie autumn. 



The records of this goose by Damsell are thus given by Allen ■?- " A Snow 

 Goose, shot October 7, 1888, is among the birds whose measurements are entered 

 in one of the notebooks. The wing length is there recorded as 14^^ inches, 

 which indicates the Lesser Snow Goose. In the notebook for 1902, is the entry: 

 ' Albert Shaw shot a Snow Goose,' but the exact date, if known, was not recorded. 

 A further entry records, February 18, 1902, 'Saw a flock of Snow Geese.'" On 

 October 20, 191 3, Mr. J. F. Le Baron saw three Snow Geese alight on the spit 

 at the mouth of the Essex River. 



A recent record, at Eagle Hill, I have already published.^ 



[169a] Chen hyperboreus nivalis (J. R. Forst.) Greater Snow Goose. — Extirpated. 



74 [169] Chen caerulescens (Linn.). 



Blue Goose. 

 Accidental visitor. 



The specimen representing the only record for the County and the State has 

 since been presented by Mr. W. A. Jefifries to the Boston Society of Natural 

 History. 



*75 [i/'J Anser albifrons gambeli Hartl. 



White-fronted Goose. 

 Accidental visitor. 



Damsell notes two birds of this species that were killed on the Salisbury 

 marshes on October 8, 1888. 



An adult was found winged and one leg injured by shot near Eagle Hill at 

 Great Neck, in August, 1907, by A. B. Clark. The bird was captured alive and 

 placed in a yard with tame geese where I saw it on August 25. It was an adult 

 male in good plumage.^ 



These are the first definite records of this goose in Essex County. 



1 Allen, G. M. Auk, vol. zi, p. 22, 1913. ~ 



2 Townsend, C. W. Auk, vol. ^si, P- i97. 1916. 



2 Townsend, C. W. Auk, vol. 25, pp. 80, 81, 1908 



