"THE HUTCHINS GOOSE. 829 
a musk-rat’s house, and an island was pointed out to us where eighteen pairs 
had nested in a sort of loose colony the previous season. In June, 1896, while 
riding near Oroville, 1 came upon two large Osprey’s nests placed at a great 
height in cottonwood trees near the Okanogan River. The Ospreys were in 
possession at the time, but Mr. James Johnston, a farmer sportsman living in 
the vicinity, informed me that earlier the same season two pairs of Canada 
Geese had successful- 
ly reared their broods 
in the same nests. 
The sitting Goose 
remains at- her post 
for four weeks and 
she is attended by the 
gander who maintains 
a constant vigil at her 
side and accompanies 
her during the forag- 
ing trips. The gos- 
lings, when hatched, 
are covered with 
down of a_ bright 
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Taken on Moses Lake. Photo by the Authors. 
A PLUCKY GOSLING. 
grass green hue mot- THIS DUBIOUS SNAP-SHOT WAS OBTAINED ONLY AFTER A TWO-MILE CHASE. 
tled with a shade of 
olive. They swim, from the shell; and by the second or third day they have 
attained such robustness that their capture by hand from a boat is a very diffi- 
cult matter. Hiding is the long suit of the mother Goose when in charge of a 
tender brood; and if surprised at such a time in open water she manages to 
“scootch” down and hug her feathers close until she does not appear above 
one-third her normal size. If the ruse is discovered she flees reluctantly and 
summons her mate who joins his anxious cries with hers, Honka-honka-honka! 
No. 334. 
HUTCHINS’S GOOSE. 
A. O. U. No. 172a. Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). 
Synonyms.—LkssErR CANADA Goose. Litrne Witp Goosr. Gray Bran‘. 
Description.— Precisely similar to preceding species in coloration, but averag- 
ing smaller; tail normally 16-feathered. Length 25.00-34.00 (635-863.6) ; wing 
17.00 (431.8) ; tail 6.00 (152.4) ; bill 1.75 (44.5); tarsus 3.00 (76.2). 
