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is rare. It is a regular summer resident in the interior of British 
Columbia, having been found breeding in the lakes along the 
Cariboo road by Fannin in 1891. Brooks says it is a rare autumn 
visitor in the Lower Fraser valley. 
BREEDING Notes.—Breeds on Lake Manitoba, and on Buffalo 
Lake, Burnt Lake and many others in Alberta. On June rqth, 
1896, took a nest with two eggs and one egg of the Canvas-back. 
(Dippie.) I have never found the nests of this species except in 
reeds and tall grass growing in water on the margin of lakes and 
sloughs. Nest rather bulky, made of grass, Saw a female 
with four young, about a week old, on June 2Ist, 1896, in North- 
ern Labrador. This species was found breeding sparingly from 
Richmond Gulf to Ungava (Spreadborough.) 1 found this species 
breeding on Shoal Lake, Manitoba, June 8th, 1894. (azne.) 
This species lays a beautiful, and for the size of the duck, a 
large egg, andlays a great number, unless two or more lay in the 
same nest, which is probably the case. It was common in 1894 
at Crane Lake. The nest was usually amongst ‘cat-tails” 
(Typha latifolia), while the Scaups and Red-heads preferred to 
breed among rushes (Scirpus lacustris.) One nest was taken con- 
taining seventeen fresh eggs, fourteen of which belonged to the 
Ruddy Duck, two to the Canvas-back and one to the Red-head. 
Bluish-green and creamy white eggs in the same nest made quite 
a contrast. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two taken on the Toronto marsh by Mr. S. Herring. Eight 
eggs taken at Crane Lake, Assa., June 15th, 1894. 
LXIV. CHEN Bole. 1822. 
169. Lesser Snow Goose. 
Chen hyperborea (PALL.) Bore. 1822. 
This handsome goose is uncommon on the coast of Norton 
Sound and about the Yukon mouth. It arrives in spring, between 
the 5th and 15th of May, according to the season, and after 
remaining a short time passes north. (Ve/son.) This species 
occurs only sparingly in the vicinity of St. Michael, and remains 
but a few days till it goes farther north. I am not aware that it 
breeds south of the arctic circle. (Zurner.) All the Snow Geese 
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