282 rjiocKKiuNcs of riiE national museum. 



54. CRYMOPHILUS FULICARIUS (Linnaeus). 113- 



Merck observed it nt tlie Kuvils,' where it occurs during^tlie migra- 

 tions, and specimens collected by Snow arc; in tlie museum at Hako- 

 date^ and British Museum.' 



55. ANSER SEGETUM MIDDENDORFFI (Severzof). 22. 



Palhis speaks of an Anser ruh/aris, called by the Kurilians h'vitnp, 

 by the Ja[)anese (Han.^ It may be this form. 



56. ANSER ALBIFRONS GAMBELI (Hartlaub). 24. 



Captain Snow enumerates the white-fronted goose, without further 

 particulars.'" 



He also enumerates the Anscr mimitus, lesser-fronted goose. As it 

 is not known from Kamcliatka the record must be considered doubtful. 



57. BRANTA CANADENSIS HUTCHINSII (Richardson). 28. 



Captain Snow has found this species breeding, A few, he says, have 

 been noticed breeding on Ushishir and Ekarma. A nest with eggs 

 and ajiother witli 7 were found on May IG. Young ones were found on 

 elune20.' 



58. BRANTA NIGRICANS (Lawrence). 29. 



Beyond Pallas's statement that it is called XiihcspK by the Kurilians, 

 no record of its occurrence is known to me.'' 



59. CYGNOPSIS CYGNOIDES (Pallas). 26. 



The only record of this si)ecies is that of Pallas," who says: 1 have 

 sj»e(;imens before me sent from the Kuril islands. 



60. OLOR CYGNUS (Linnaeus). 20. 



A few frequent the islands. Noticed on Iturui) in winter." 

 61. ANAS BOSCHAS (Linnaeus). 30. 



Mr. Snow, according to Phikiston and Pryer,'' says that it is not 

 numerous on the KuriLs. l*alhis gives the Kurilian names of the mal- 

 lard as Sahingitsch, or Saaitschitsch.^'^ 



62. ANAS ZONORHYNCHA Swinhoe. 31. 



All there is known about this si)eeies in the Kurils is the statement 

 by Blakiston and Pryer that Mr. Snow lias found a few on the 

 Kurils. They were probably only found on the vSouthern islands. 



' Pallas, Zoogr., II, p. 205. ''Zoogr., IT, p. 229. 



-Blakiston and Pryer, p. 113. ' Idoni, II, p. 219. 



•'8hari)e, Cat. 15. l?rit. Mns., XXVII, p. CDT. SSuow, Notes Kuril Isl., 189(5, p. 31. 



'Zoogr., II, p. 22:1 'Page 96. 



f' Notes Kuril Isl., 18i)G, p. 31. '"Zoogr., II, p. 256, 



