ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES ^.C) 



The Lesser Snow Goose is said to be a rare or casual visitant 

 in autumn, and has been once shot in July in Boston Harbour, 

 according to Samuels. 



(July); October 15 to November 21. 



Cohasset : " Occasional in autumn." Springfield: " Rare or accidental." 

 Two instances. 



116. Anser albifrons gambeli (Hartl.). AMERICAN WHITE- 

 FRONTED GOOSE. 



Formerly an uncommon spring and autumn migrant. The 

 definite records are : Quiucy, a male is recorded having been 

 shot and presented to the Boston Society of Natural History j 1 

 Plymouth, an adult male was shot November 26, 1897, by Mr. 

 Paul W. Gifford. This specimen is now in the collection of Mr. 

 William Brewster. 2 



117. Branta canadensis (Linn.) . CANADA GOOSE. 



A common spring and autumn migrant. It formerly bred in the 

 eastern part of the State according to Audubon, and a nest is said 

 to have been taken in Lexington in April, 1888. 3 



(January 26), March 10 to May 14; (August 3) September 28 

 to December 30. 



Amherst : "Common in spring and fall." Berkshire: "Common 

 spring and autumn visitant." Bristol County : " Common transient visitor." 

 Brookline : "A not uncommon migrant." Cambridge: Common 

 transient visitant. Cohasset: "Numerous in autumn, common in 

 spring." Dedham : "Often seen flying over during the migrations." 

 Essex County : " April and October. Common." Ipswich : " Not un- 

 common transient visitant." Nantucket : "Not uncommon." Spring- 

 field : " Common spring and autumn migrant." Templeton : " Common 

 migrant." Wellesley : " Common migrant." 



Note : Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). HUTCHIN'S GOOSE. 



Perhaps formerly an irregular spring and autumn migrant. According 

 to Brewer it was abundant in the winter of iS36-'37. There are, how- 

 ever, no recent records, and as many small Canada Geese {Branta cana- 

 densis} have been identified as B. c. hutchinsii* we prefer to leave this 

 species unenumerated until a definite, well authenticated record can be 

 cited. 



1 Cabot; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. Ill, 18151, p. 136. 



2 Brewster; Auk, Vol. XVIII. No. 2, Apr., 1901, pp. 135, 136. 



3 O. & O., Vol. XIV, No. i, Jan., 1889, p. 14. 



