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hyperborea or nivalis, and in about equal numbers, the balance 

 intermediate. They feed sparingly now about the larger corn- 

 fields in Southern Wisconsin, especially in spring, where they 

 formerly resorted in large numbers" (Birds of Wis., 1903, 27). 



County records. Blackhawk — "rare transient" (Salisbury). 

 Cerro Gordo — " commonly called Brant in this locality" (Rich- 

 ardson). Linn — "tolerably common migrant. In spring of 1898 

 two hunters shot twenty-seven Snow Geese in one day, at Cone, 

 Iowa' ' (Berry) . Pottawattamie — Mills — ' ' conmion migrant ' ' 

 (Trostler). Warren — "rare migrant" (Jeffrey). Winnebago — 

 "taken at Forest City" (Anderson). Woodbury — "common tran- 

 sient. I am quite sure that I have seen large and small white 

 geese in the markets of Sioux City, not in late years, however" 

 (Rich). 



58. (169. i). Chen cccrulcscens (Linn.). Blue Goose. 



The Blue Goose is quite rare in Iowa, which appears to be 

 its status everywhere in the United States. W. W. Cooke states 

 that it "breeds on Hudson Bay, migrates through the Missis- 

 sippi Valley. During migrations it was noticed at Burlington, 

 Iowa, where the bulk arrived March 20, 1884" (Bird Migr. in 

 MivSS. Val., 1884-5, 74). Kumlien and Hollister state that "it is 

 of irregular and erratic occurrence anywhere in Wisconsin except 

 along the Mississippi" (Bds. of Wis., 28). 



County records. Blackhawk — "a regular and not uncommon 

 migrant across Blackhawk county. Sometimes alights in corn- 

 fields in the spring migration" (Peck). Lee — "rare migrant" — 

 Keokuk district" (Praeger). Linn — "spring and fall migrant" 

 (Bailey). Pottawattamie — Mills — "scarce migrant" (Trostler). 



The University museum contains six Iowa specimens. Male, 

 March 12, 1891; female, March, 1891, Burlington, Paul Bartsch; 

 two males, Clinton, C. P. Chase; male, March 30, 1886, Whiting, 

 by A. T. Dailey ; male. Whiting (no date). 



Genus Anser Bris.son. 



59. (171a). Anscr albifrons gambeli {YldxSX.). American White- 



fronted Goose. 

 The American White-fronted Goose is the species commonly 

 called "Brant" or "Gray Brant" in Iowa. It is a tolerably com- 

 mon migrant in most parts of the state, appearing in the latter 



