110 SWANS AND GEESE. 
and fall numbers of Indians resort to this lake 
to kill wildfowl, that rest on its waters during 
their migrations north and south. Swans and 
geese are most sought after, the following species 
being common :— 
American Swan (Cygnus Americanus, Sharp- 
less).—This handsome swan is common on all 
the lakes and rivers east and west of the 
Cascade Mountains. I saw them on the Sumass 
lake as late as October, the young at that time 
being quite brown; their breeding haunts, I 
imagine, are much farther north. 
TRUMPETER Swan (Cygnus baccinator, Rich- 
ardson).—This magnificent bird is not nearly as 
often seen as the preceding. I obtained a 
fine specimen at Fort Rupert, and have occa- 
sionally seen it both on the Fraser and Columbia 
rivers; they go very far north to breed. The 
Indians skin the swans, and trade them with the 
Hudson’s Bay Company, who buy them for 
swan’s-down, 
Snow Goosr (Anser hyperboreus, Pallas). 
—Common east and west of the Cascades, 
stopping for a short time in the prairies inland, 
and the sand-bars along the coast, as it goes north, 
and on its returning after the breeding season. I 
obtained a fine specimen at Nainimo in October. 
