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the Arctic coast and islands, and on the northwestern coast 

 of Hudson Bay. 



Snow or White Goose. — This species, known as the "white 

 wavey," breeds in the Arctic from the mouth of the Mac- 

 kenzie River eastward to FrankUn Bay. It is an uncom- 

 mon migrant in the east, but in the west it winters on 

 the coast of southern British Columbia, sometimes collect- 

 ing in considerable flocks at the mouth of the Fraser River. 

 The greater snow goose migrates along the Atlantic coast. 



Bins Goose. — The breeding-grounds of this more easterly 

 species are unknown, but it is believed to nest on the eastern 

 shores of Hudson Bay or in northern Quebec (Ungavg). 



Brant. — Formerly the brant was one of the most abundant 

 of the wild fowl that frequented our coasts, but its numbers 

 have decreased very greatly. It is still an abundant mi- 

 grant along the entire Atlantic coast, where it visits the 

 coastal flats and estuaries. It breeds in the far north on 

 the coast and islands of the Arctic Sea. 



The black brant is a Pacific coast species, and it winters 

 along the coast of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. 

 Its breeding-grounds are on the Arctic coast and islands 

 from Point Barrow to Melville Island. 



DUCKS 



It is not possible within the limits of the description of 

 our native wild fowl, nor is it desirable in an account of 

 this nature, to discuss in detail the range and habits of all 

 the numerous species of ducks that are native to Canada. 

 Such details as the reader may wish to obtain may be found 

 in the excellent "Catalogue of Canadian Birds," by John 

 and James M. Macoun, in Forbush's "Game Birds, Wild 

 Fowl and Shore Birds," and in the excellent work, "Game 

 Birds of California," by Grinnell, Bryant, and Storer. Ref- 

 erence may be made, however, to a number of the more 

 common species of ducks. 



