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CHECK LIST OF THE 



{*) (169. i) Blue Goose. 



(Chen caerulescens.) 



An accidental visitor, which has been met with two or three times 

 in this Province. 



Genus ANSER. 



(*) (171) White-fronted Goose. 



(Anser albifrons gambeli.) 

 Of very rare occurrence. Breeds in extreme North-West. 



Canada Goose. 



Genus BRANTA. 



(172) Canada Goose. 



(Branta canadensis.) 

 A regular spring and autumn visitor to our marshes, but not nearly 

 so abundant now as formerly. Mr. John Maughan informs me that even 

 recently Geese have nested in the preserved marshes of Lake St. Clair 

 and some probably breed in the unfrequented marshes of the northern 

 part of the Province. They breed commonly in the Prairie Provinces. 



(*) (172a) Hutchin's Goose. 



(Branta canadensis hutchinsii.) 

 An occasional spring and autumn visitor, 

 shore of the Arctic Sea. 



Breeds chiefly on the 



