CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. If 
169a. Greater Snow Goose. 
Chen hyperborea nivalis (FORST.) RipGw. 1884. 
Described from a specimen collected at Severn river, Hudson bay. 
Preble cites many records of its having been taken in the vicinity 
of Hudson bay, and it is probable that the Hudson bay references 
under C. hyperborea should go here. 
A few young birds are taken occasionally in Greenland, in New- 
foundland and Nova Scotia; accidental in New Brunswick. The 
same may be said of its occurence in Quebec and Ontario. A very 
abundant migrant in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan in the 
spring. In the autumn it migrates farther west and goes south 
chiefly through Alberta and western Saskatchewan. 
A small flock of snow geese was seen at Elmsdale, Muskoka, Ont., 
in the spring of 1898; and about a year later Mr. Handy saw a flock 
of about seven pass north over Elmsdale. (/.H. Fleming.) Rather 
rare migrant at Aweme, Man. First seen, April 26, 1902; last, 
October 12, 1906. (Criddle.) 
BREEDING NoTes.—The remarks made by me under Chen hyper- 
borea belong in part to this species, as at the time the eggs were 
collected the forms were not separated. (Macfarlane.) Breeding 
in immense numbers in the Barren Grounds Along the Arctic coast. 
(Richardson.) Breeding on the Twin islands, James bay, in 1808. 
(A. P. Low.) I havea set of five eggs taken at Franklin bay, June 
gth, 1899. The nest consisted of a depression in the sand lined with 
down from the mother’s breast. (Ravzne.) 
169.1. Blue Goose. 
Chen cerulescens (LINN.) GUNDL. 1865-66. 
Interior of North America, breeding on eastern shores of Hudson 
bay and migrating south in winter. Occasional on Atlantic coast. 
(A. O. U. List.) Said to be found principally about the southern 
part of Hudson bay, and according to Indian information breeds 
in northern Labrador. Recorded from several places on Hudson 
bay. (Preble.) Ina flock of twenty-two geese seen at Fullerton, 
Hudson bay, the first two in the flock seemed to be blue geese. 
(ACP Low) 
