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met with in the Barrens proper, nor on the Arctic Coast. Several deserted 
hawks’ nests on trees were found occupied by incubating female birds of this 
species. We forwarded one hundred and seventy eggs of B. canadensis to the 
Smithsonian.” The label referring to these two bears the Smithsonian 
number 11802, and the note—“ Nest on a tree about twelve feet up. It was 
thickly lined with down, apparently plucked by the female goose off her 
own body.” ] 
BRANTA HUTCHINSI (Richardson). 
[§ 5470. One.—Port Kennedy, Bellot Strait, 26 June, 1859. 
‘Fox’ Expedition. From Dr. David Walker, RN., 
1860. 
In Sir Leopold M‘Clintock’s narrative of ‘The Yoyage of the “ Fox” in the 
Arctic Seas’ (London: 1859) he describes (page 321) his taking the nest of a 
“ Brent Goose”, on what I find from the context to have been 26 June, 1859, 
between Four River Point and Cape Baird on the north shore of Bellot Strait, 
as follows :—“‘ When vainly endeavouring, with felonious intentions, to climb 
up a steep cliff to the breeding-places of some silvery Gulls, I saw and shot a 
brent Goose, seated upon an accessible ledge, and made a prize of four eggs; 
it seems strange that this bird should -have selected so unusual a breeding- 
place.” Dr. Walker, in writing to me, 29 March, 1860, in answer to my 
enquiries, says:—“ The egg of Brent Goose you have is from the ‘historic nest.’ 
Others we obtained in Greenland, at Frederikshaab and Upernivik.” 
In October, 1860, I was shewn by Dr. Carte, in the Museum of the Royal 
Dublin Society, the skins of some of the birds obtained on the ‘ Fox’ voyage, 
among which I especially remarked that purporting to be the “ Brent Goose ” 
shot from the nest by Sir Leopold M‘Clintock. It was certainly not Anser 
bernicla, but I believe A. hutchins?. 
I regret to find, from enquiries recently made, that the specimen is no longer 
forthcoming, so that I have been unable to get the accuracy of my former 
determination tested, which I should like to have done. | 
BRANTA LEUCOPSIS (Linneus). 
BERNACLE-GOOSE. 
§ 5471. Zwo.—St. James’s Park, 1847. From Mr. A. D. 
Bartlett. 
The egg figured by Mr. Hewitson [in his second edition] 
(pl. 336) was from St. James’s Park. It is slightly larger than 
