A RIGHT-AND-LEFT SHOT. TE 
The Indians kill large numbers of them, and for 
the table they certainly excel any of the other 
species. 
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, OR LAUGHING GOOSE 
(Anser Gambelii, Hartland).—I noticed this sin- 
gular goose to be much more abundant on the west 
than it is on the eastern side of the Cascades. Im- 
mense flocks arrive, in the spring and fall of the 
year, on the Sumass and Chilukweyuk prairies, 
resting only a few days to feed; they are always 
in company with Hutchin’s Goose. Indians kill 
great numbers, by making a kind of lair. They 
arch light sticks by fixing the ends in the ground, 
just high enough for a man to crawl under, and 
about six feet long; this they cover with grass, to 
resemble a mound and rushes; having crept in, 
the Indian lies still until a flock of geese pitch 
within shot; then, bowling over as many as he 
can, he loads again; the geese just circle round 
and pitch as before, and so he continues to fire 
until enough are slaughtered; then out he creeps, 
to pick up the dead and wounded. 
Canava Goose (Bernicla canadensis ).—Com- 
mon east and west of the Cascade Mountains; 
seldom seen but in pairs. In coming down from 
Colville to Walla-walla on our return home, in 
the beginning of March, I killed two Canada 
