Appendix A. 



Records of the Occurrence of Rare or Accidental 

 Species not contained in the First Edition and not 

 included in the body of the second edition. 



SNOW GOOSE {Chen hyperhoreiis hyfcrboreus). See page 172. 



Maine Records. 

 One was taken near Portland in December, 1880 (Brown, 

 Abst. Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist., II, 1882, p. 2). A male 

 was taken at Toddy Lake, Hancock County, October 4, 1893, 

 and a male at I^mbagog Lake on October 2, 1896 (Brewster, 

 Auk, 1897, p. '207); one at Pushaw Pond and one at Nicatous 

 prior to 1897 (Knight, fide Hardy, Bull. 3, Univ. of Me., 

 1897, p. 36). Two were shot near Merrymeeting Bay, one 

 on October 10 and the other a short time later, in 1897 (Knight, 

 fide Day, Maine Sportsman, Sept. 1898, p. 14). The follow- 

 ing are Snow Geese, species unidentified: one at Glenburn, 

 October 18, 1881, and one near Hallowell, November 25, 

 1881. Mr. Alphseus G. Rogers of Portland reports one which 

 he saw at Cape Elizabeth on October 9, 1911. One was taken 

 in Gorham in November, 1908 ^ (Norton, Auk, 1909, p. 304). 



Massachusetts Records. 

 Mr. Benjamin F. Damsell notes one shot October 7, 1888. 

 Another was shot In- Mr. Albert Shaw in 1902. A flock was 

 seen February 18, 1902, at Amesbury.^ A flock of thirty or 

 more was seen at Framingham on November 19, 1909.'^ Five 

 were taken at Bobbin's Pond, East Bridgewater, on November 

 20, 1914. Three others are reported seen at Bobbin's Pond 

 in 1913.^ 



1 Norton, Arthur H.: Auk, 1913, p. 575. ^ Bridge, Mrs. Lidian E.: Auk, 1910, p. 78. 



2 Allen, Clover M.: Auk, 1913, p. 22. * Phillips, John C: Auk, 1915, p. 367. 



