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which was always a mere shailow cavity in the ground, in every 
observed and reported instance had more or less of a lining of hay, 
feathers and down, while the maximum number of eggs in no case 
exceeded seven. (Macjfarlane.) 
171d. Bean Gocse. 
Anser jabalis (LATH.) SALVAD. 1895. 
Accidental in Greenland. (Wznge.) Under the name segetum, 
Richardson mentions this species as one of the geese which are known 
to visit the Hudson bay region, but are rarely seen, being accidental 
visitors. (Preble.) 
LXVII. BRANTA Scopo.i. 1769. 
172. Canada Goose. 
Branta canadensis (LINN.) BANNISTER. 1870. 
A common migrant in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It 
breeds in Newfoundiand, in Labrador, in northern Quebec, on both 
sides of Hudson bay, and on the island of Anticosti, where the 
writer saw flocks of old and young feeding in bogs on the berries of 
Empetrum nigrum in August, 1883. Not known to breed in the east, 
north of Labrador. Spreadborough found it breeding along both 
coasts of James bay. 
This species is a migrant as far as known in Ontario, but west- 
ward it breeds from Manitoba and the prairie region to the Pacific 
coast. A few pairs breed in almost ail the prairie lakes having 
islands in them and where the waters onthe outer fringe of a marsh 
is over 30 inches deep. It was found breeding, by Spreadborough, 
at Henry House, Athabasca Pass, 1898. Found breeding in the 
marshes along the Bow river at Banff in 1891, in the marshes of the 
Columbia below Golden in 1885, and near Revelstoke, B.C., in 1890. 
Farther to the north it becomes more abundant and breeds in greater 
numbers throughout the whole wooded country. It is not common 
in Alaska but breeds in the interior and throughout British Columbia. 
Brooks reports that a flock of Canada geese winters every year on 
Shuswap lake, B.C., and says this is the only goose breeding in the 
Cariboo district. 
