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were placed on the high banks among high grass, or on piles of drift wood. By th 

 first of May the nests contained the full complement of eggs, generally five ii 

 number. Dr. Merrill says: "When these geese nest among the branches of a tre 

 I do not think they ever construct the nest entirely themselves, but take possessior 

 of a deserted nest of the Fish Hawk, and repair it witu twigs and a lining of down 

 They have been seen to carry small sticks tc the nest for this purpose." The coloi 

 of the eggs is a pale dull greenish, and their size is about 3.50x2.50. 



I72<t. HUTCHINS'S GOOSE. Brnnia ( -anu <l< //.v/.s- )uit<-]ii,;xii (Sw. & Rich.) Geog 

 Dist. North America, breeding in the Arctic regions, migrating south in winter 

 chiefly through the Western United States and Mississippi Valley; Eastern Asia, 



Tbis bird, which is like caimdciixiN in color, uut of a smaller size, breeds in borea 

 regions. Its length is about 24 to 34 inches. Its general habits are the same as thos< 

 of the common Canada Goose. Breeds abundantly along the Yukon River and on th< 

 Islands on the coast of Alaska. Nests have been found on the Islands of th< 

 Anderson River and on the Arctic coast. In these regions eggs of this species hav< 

 been taken from Hawks' and Crows' nests built in trees. It nests usually on sand 

 beaches, depositing from four to six eggs in hollows in which there are more or les; 

 leaves, grasses, feathers and down. In his paper on "The Birds of the Westen 

 Aleutian Islands," Mr. Ball states that it does not breed east of Amchita Island 

 but some nest on Amchitka, Kyska and other islands there. Its nesting habits 

 notes, and general mode of life are identical with those of the Cackling Goose. Th< 

 eggs are white, and measure 3.18x2.10. In the Arctic regions the eggs are laid li 

 June and July. Eggs of this uird taken at the mouth of the Yukon in June measun 

 3.02x2.10, 3.08x2.11, 3.04x2.00, 3.00x2.11, 2.90x2.07. There is a great variation in th 

 size of the eggs of this bird and those of minima. 



1721>. WHITE-CHEEKED GOOSE. Ilnnita wimulrnxix in-<-\tlnitnH* (Baird. 

 Geog. Dist. Pacific coast region, from Sitka south, in winter to California. 



A larger sub-species than Hutchins's Goose, length about 35 inches. Mr. Nelsoi 

 states that during his residence on the coast of Bering Sea this bird was not seen, a 

 hundreds of the two other related forms were examined both at St. Michael's am 

 at the Yukon mouth it appeared evident that either the White-cheeked Goos 

 proper never reached those localities; if at all, merely as a straggler. Mr. Dall recori. 

 specimens having been taken at Sitka during the Western Union Telegraph expedi 

 tion. The nesting habits and the eggs are more than likely like those of tin- ( anad; 

 Goose. 



172r-. CACKLING GOOSE. Itninta cumuli n.i. minium Ilidgw. Geop. Dist. 

 Coast of Alaska, migrating southward into Western United States east to Wisconsin 



The length of the Cackling Goose is about 24 inches. Nelson states that this i 

 the most common and generally distributed goose found breeding along the Alaska: 

 coast of Bering Sea. From the sea shore its breeding ground extends along th 

 courses of the great rivers far Into the interior. While descending the Yukon. Dal 

 found their eggs laid upon the bare sand banks, as were those of the \Vhit'-fn>ntpi 

 species. The last week of May finds many of these birds already depositing thei 

 eggs. Upon the grassy borders of ponds, in the midst of a bunch of grass, or on i 

 small knoll these birds find a spot where they make a slight depression and line i 

 with a scanty layer of grasses, after which the eggs are laid, numbering from flv 

 to eight. These eggs, like the birds, average smaller than those of the other geese 



