G20 OKNITnOLOGY. 



List of specimens, 



255, juv.; Humboldt Marshes (Camp 22), October 31, 1867. Bill, blackish dusky, 

 greenish-slate on upper basal i)ortioii ; iris, brown ; tarsi and toes, }jreenish slate. 



388, S ad.; eastern shore ot I'yraniid Lake, Uvcember 28, 18(J7. 28— (?)— 17,^— 

 133 — 2-^5 — 23 — (?) — (?). Weight, 5 pounds. Bill, dull light salmou-i)urpIe, becomiug 

 whitish terminally; deepest salmon-color on the culmen, and most i)urplish basally; 

 commissure deep black, sejjarated from the general i)urplish hue by a backward cou- 

 tinuatiou of the white of the nail; eyelids, flesh-color; iris, vaudyke-browu ; tarsi and 

 toes, deep salmon purple ; claws, black. 



Bkanta canadensis. 



Canada Goose. 



Anas canadensis, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 17(iG, 198. 



Bernicla canadensis, BoiE, Isis, 182G, 921.— BAiRD,Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 507. 



Bernicla (Leucoblepharon) canadensis, Baiud, Birds N. Am., 1858, 7C4. 



Branta canadensis, Banmstek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1870, 131.— CoiiES, 



Key, 1872, 283, fig. 185a; Check List, 1873, No. 485; Birds N.W., 1S74, 551.— 



Henshaw, 1875, 471. 



This species was the only one of the genus found breeding in the 

 Great Basin, where it remained throughout the year about all the larger 

 lakes. Several goslings were caught in May, at Pyramid Lake, and their 

 parents likewise secured ; the latter were unable to fly, having molted their 

 quill-feathei-s, but it required strong rowing far out into the lake to get 

 within gunshot of them, for they were fast swimmers, and took to the open 

 water when pursued. This species was also breeding at Great Salt Lake. 



List of specimens. 



1222, egg; Carrington Island, Great Salt Lake, June 17, 18G9. Collected by Mr. 

 R. N. Davis. 



BllANTA HUTCHINSI. 



Iliitcliius's Goose. 



Anser htttchinsii, SWAINS. & BiCH., Fauna Bor.-Am., II, 1831, 470. 



Bernicla hntchinsii, WooDUOUSE, Sitgreave's E.^pcd., 1823, 102.— Baibd, Cat. N. 

 Am. Birds, 18.5t>, No. 5G9. 



Bernicla {Leucoblcj'huron) hutchinsii, Bahju, Birds N. Am., 1858, pp. XLIX, 7GG. 



Branta hutchinsii. Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1870, 131. 



Branta canadensis var. hutchinsii, CouES, Key, 1872, 284 ; Check List, 1873, No. 485b. 



Branta canadensis, c. hutchinsii, CoUES, Birds N.W., 1874, 554. 



This miniature of the Canada Goose was an abundant winter visitant 

 in western Nevada, but it was not seen anywhere in summer, when all had 

 gone northward to breed. 



