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further west than Killingsuvanda. It appears in great 

 numbers in the spring at Quickiock, but does not breed 

 there. None of the western parts of Swedish Lapland are 

 adapted either for Sandpipers or the Duck tribe, the lakes 

 being generally rocky, and the swamps not of sufficient 

 extent. The young ones are easily tamed, and are caught 

 in great numbers by the Laps, with the old ones in a 

 moulting state and unable to fly, in July. In Sweden 

 Professor Nilsson says this Goose is seen from spring to 

 autumn, becoming gregarious in September and October, in 

 the marshes near the sea. Acerbi, in his Travels through 

 Finland and Lapland, mentions having shot some White- 

 fronted Geese near Kautokeino in Lapland, and it is re- 

 corded as visiting the Faroe Islands and Iceland. The 

 White-fronted, or Laughing Goose, described long ago, as 

 well as figured by Edwards, plate 153, was from a speci- 

 men brought from Hudson's Bay, where, however, it is not 

 common. Of its habits in North America, Dr. Richardson 

 observes, that " the Laughing Goose travels in great flocks 

 through the fur-countries, eight or ten days later than the 

 Canada Goose, and breeds on the coasts and islands of the 

 Arctic Sea, north of the 67th parallel of latitude. The 

 autumn migration southwards commences early in Sep- 

 tember ; and its return at that season to the fur districts is 

 often the first indication of winter having begun within the 

 Arctic Circle. The Indians imitate the call of this Goose 

 by patting the mouth with their hand while they repeat 

 the syllable wall. The resemblance of this note to the 

 laugh of a man has given one of the trivial names to 

 this species. It passes on towards the United States, 

 in advance of the Canada Goose; and Mr. Audubon 

 says that it arrives before the latter in Kentucky, where 

 many of the species winter ; but many also, he is con- 



