40 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OP MICHIGAN. 



70-172-(702). Braiita canadensis [Linn.). * Canada Goose;. Common Wild Goose. 

 Common; Feb. to Apr., and Sept. even to Dec; throughout the entire State; often 

 seen flying over in March and November, and occasionally much earlier and later in large 

 flocks, which are usually arranged in quite definite V-shaped figures; more commonly 

 seen early or late in the day, and heard at all times of night; frequently alights; "often 

 in wheat fields" (Jerome Trombley); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); nests on the 

 ground; eggs, five to six, yellowish green, '-not distinguishable from thot^e of our 

 common geese " (Dr. C. W. Brownell). These birds are very shy and so are rarely taken. 

 •• Mr. Briggs of Wayne Co. has a fine pair. They attempt to migrate each season, which 

 he prevents. They breed well in confinement. They cross readily with common geese, 

 but the hybrids are infertile" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); " will sometimes swim up to duck- 

 ing stools, and fly low in foggy weather " (L. S. Foster). 



71-172a-(704). Branta canadensis hutcluixsii {Sw. and Rich.). Hutchins' Goose. 

 Rare migrant; reported in catalogue of birds of Michigan in the Kent Scientific 

 Institute by E. L. Moseley; taken by the late W. H. Collins on St. Clair Flats. Amos 

 W. Butler gives it as a rare migrant in Indiana; and, upon Dr. Brayton's authority, says 

 it formerly bred in that state (Birds of Indiana, p. 25). 



72-172b-(702a). Branta canadensis occidentalis {Baird). White cheeked Goose. 

 Reported by the late W. H. Collins, who was a very accurate observer. Dr. A. K, 

 Fisher thinks this doubtful. 



72 172c-(703). Branta canadensis minima Ridgw. Cackling Goose. 

 Reported by the late W. H. Collins. 



74:-173-(700). Branta bernicla (Lm».). Brant. 



Rare or accidental; "common wild goose in the Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); 

 reported from Michigan by Robert B. Lawrence (Forest and Stream, Vol. XXXII, p. 

 316); migrant; this species while more common near the ocean, is said to occur not 

 rarely in Michigan and the surrounding states; "I have often seen them" (Dr. W. C. 

 Brownell); " Indiana " (Butler's Birds of Indiana); good game bird. 



Genus OLOR Wagleb. 



75-I80-(689). Olor columbianus (07-d). * Whistling Swan; American Swan. 



Rare; migrant; occasional in summer; one in museum taken at Maple Rapids; one 

 taken at Plymouth by J. B. Purdy; one killed at Mason, this county, Nov. 28, 1878; 

 "have known several to be shot about our inland lakes" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); one 

 taken by Mr. Levi Broas near Ionia and now in his fine collection; two taken by E. A. 

 Lockwood in the month of December at South Haven (Am. Field, Vol. XXVII); "they 

 occasionally occur in flocks in Jackson and Washtenaw counties, where they have been 

 taken repeatedly. They are very shy and remain near large inland lakes" (L. W. Wat- 

 kins); "not infrequently seen in Lenawee and Hillsdale counties "(A. H. Boies); "occa- 

 sionally shot by hunters on Lake Erie " (Jerome Trombley); " Keweenaw Point " (Knee- 

 land); embraced in Dr. A. Sager's list of 1839. 



76-181-688. Olor bnccinator {Rich). Trumpeter Swan. 



Rare; migrant; "Hillsdale Co." (A. H. Boies); one taken in Kent Co. by E. S. 



Holmes and now in his collection at Grand Rapids; included in the lists of Michigan 



birds by Covert, Fox, Stockwell and Steere; counties of Northern Indiana (Butler's 

 Birds of Indiana). 



