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shell markings. In st.-p pm^ -"it !' th- l-oat 1 ;il i ,,n 



;t clutch , it' I'.nii hamls.n, -I,.- \\'i|s,,n I'lmlarop.-. I 



,.| that either myself >r .soni'-..m- .-Is,- ha<l pi.-\ioiiflly 

 i.e.l on the m-st. |ea\in;j a l< -t m.ti k . ami om . !' tht- . 



Tin- i. usual, consist.-. | ,,t' a .small circular 



i in tin- ground, lined with a few Ma*: 

 an<l this ii.-st uas m -ar tin- \\at. i - <!_ ailp 



hu-k hal a \>r<[ of ri^ht ynin^ ..n.->. ^-\\ iiuniin^ alut -M 

 the jMnnls. I, at \v.- <ii<l not iiidl.-st th.-iii. My COliijiaiiioii iu- 

 t'.iriiinl mi- that tin- jinnl> an- \iit.--l SV&ry tall l.y num 

 Ofn nt aii'l other s|i-ci.-.s ..(' ^,.,. st -. a^ \\-llasa^i 



\arirt \ nf .liick.s. l.utf'alo L-ikc ami L<m^ Lik.- imrti 



.'. ar- also great ivsnrt^ in tin- fall fr all iiiaiiiM-r nf 

 .luck ami iithrr \\at.-rf.i\vl. Th- only goose 



that l.ri--.U in this locality is tin- C'ana.la ;oos-. a iuuiilH-i.it' 

 which nest at Uuflalo ami I/m^ L-ik.-s. Tin- sn.iw ^ooee 

 r.-tir'-s t> within tin- Arctic circle to l.r.-.-.l. an<l th.-ir eggs are 

 \.-ry nanw in collections. Then- ar.- four :'. mm! in 



North America, the ^r.-ater. lesser, Ross', ami Mile smnv g.- 



The leaser Mio\V gOOSe is the mo.st j.lentiflll of the I 



\arieties.aml th.y ar- foiiml in consi.l.Talile numU-rs at I. 



ami Hush L-ike in the fall of the year, win-re my e..m 

 ion ha> shot as many a.s thirty in om- .lay. Sir John 

 Ilichar.lson. in the Fauna lior.-ali- Americana." says. " The 

 eggs of the l.-ssei snow goose are yellowish white ami r 

 larly o\at- in form, ami are a little larger than th- : the 



Killer .luck n^' in si/.e .'{.OOx-J.OO. I am informed that 



ihe tlesh of this Kinl is .\i-.-llent ami far superior to 

 < 'anaila ^. MI-,.- in juciiiess ami tlavor. ami the liinls are fa- 



^onriteB with sportamen OQ this account. The lirant goose is 



.11 \\intei- visitor to this locality. It is almost 



cosmopolitan in it^ .listril.ution. ami foiin.l chi.-tly on the 



sea coast- ..I ' Kur..|M- an. I America. It is more maritime than 



other ^eese ^.-m-rally an-, preferring the - t.. the lakes 



IK- interior. It i- \<y far the \\\**l numerous , ,f all the 



/..-. uhich visit the sh,,r.-s , if the liritisli Namls in wi: 



It l.r.-.-.U in northern Kurope ami Asia ami n the island of 



