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50. Oidemia perspicillata Linn. Sxrf Scoter. 



A rare winter visitor, A inalc was sliot on IJayon St. 

 John, near IsTcw Orleans, Marcli liO, 1800. The specimen was 

 mounted, and is now in tlie collection of Mr. GustaveKohn,of 

 New Orleans. 



51. Oidemia americana Sw. & Rich. 1 Had- Scoter. 



An accidental visitor. It has been taken near Lake 

 Ca.therine. A specimen is in the possession of Mr. Kolin. 



'^2. Oidemia deglandi Boiiiip. Whitc-wiixjcd Scoter. 



An occasional winter visitor on the Gulf coast; rarely ^o- 

 ing' inland. 



53. Erismatura jamaicensis Gn)el. Iln<t<hj Duck; Mitrteau. 

 A very common winter resident. 



54. Chen caerulescens Linn. Jllne Goose. 



A common winter resident along the Gulf coast. 



55. Chen hyperborea Pall. Lesser Snoiv Goone. 

 An abundant winter resident on the coast. 



5(). Chen hyperborea nivalis Foist. Greater Snow Goose. 



While not as common as the preceding, considerable 

 numbers pass the winter on the coast. I have seen them as 

 far west as Vermillion I>ay, when they were traveling east 

 (January, 1894). 



57. Anser albifrons gambeli Hartl. Ai)ierican White-fronted Goose. 

 A winter resident. It generally arrives and departs with 



the Snow geese. 



58. Branta canadensis Linn. Canada Goose. 



Like the preceding species in its migrations, it is one of 

 the conmionest of all geese in the New Orleans markets dur- 

 ing the winter. 



59. Branta canadensis hutchinsii Sw. & liicli. Iliitchin'^s Goose. 

 A winter resident; common t)n the coast. 



fiO. Branta bernicia Linn. Brant. 



An occasional winter visitor. 

 Gl. Dendrocygna fulva Gnicl. Fnlrons Tree J)nek. 



To my knowledge, only fin occasional visitor in the early 

 fall. Several large flocks api)eared on Lake Catharine during 

 October, 1892, when a number of them were shot.* Several 

 other re])orts have been received from various places along 

 the coast. 



*This species was again taken in January, 1900, at the Rigolets.^^G. E. B. 



