620 OENITHOLOGY. 



List of .tpceimens. 



255, juv.; nuinboklt Marshes (Cauip 22), October 31, 1867. Bill, blackish dusky, 

 greeiiish-shitc on upper basal portion ; iris, brown ; tarsi and toes, greenish-slate. 



388, (? ad.; eastern shore of Pyramid L;ike, December -!8, 1867. 28 — (I) — 17J — 

 13^ — 2/g — 23_(?) — (?). Weight, 5 pounds. Bill, dull light salmou-imrple, becoming 

 whitish terminally; deepest salmon-color on the culmen, and most purplish basally; 

 commissure deep black, separated from the general purplish hue by a backward con- 

 tinuation of the white of the nail; eyelids, flesh-color; iris, vandyke-brown ; tarsi and 

 toes, deep salmon-purple; claws, black. 



Branta canadensis. 



Canada Gioose. 



Anas canadensis, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1760, 198. 



Bernida canadensis, BoiE, Isis, 1820, 921.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. r)07. 



Bernicla [LeucoblepJiaron) canadensis, Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 70i. 



Branta canadensis, Bannister, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1870, 131.— Cottes, 



Key, 1872, 283, fig. 185a; Check List, 1873, No. 485; Birds N.W., 1874, .554.— 



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-feathers, but it required strong rowing far out into the lake to get 

 witliin 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, Q.gg,; Carringtoii Island, Great Salt Lake, June 17, 1809. Collected by Mr. 

 K. N. Davis. 



Branta hutchinsi. 



IliitcHiius's Goose. 



Anser hutchinsii, Swains. & liiCH., Fauna Bor.-Am., II, 1831, 470. 



Bernicla hutchinsii, Woodhouse, Sitgreave's Exped., 1823, 102.— Baird, Cat. N. 

 Am. Bird.s, 18.59, No. ,509. 



Bernicla [Leucoblepharon) liutcliinsii, Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, pp. XLix, 700. 



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



Branta canadensis \'iU\hutchinsii,Goims, Key, 1872, 284; Check List, 1873, No. 485b. 



Branta canadensis. (; hutchinsii, CoiiES, Birds N.W., 1874, 554. 



This miniature of the Canada Goose was an abundant winter visitnnt 

 in western Nevada, l>iit it was not seen anywhere in stuniuer, when all Jiad 

 gone nortliward to breed. 



