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species is a regular autumn visitant there, but gen- 

 erally seen later on in the season. The one I shot 

 was a solitary bird in pure white plumage, except 

 the primaries, which were black-tipped. It was 

 remarkably tame, allowing us to row quite near to 

 it on the open water, and only swimming quietly 

 away, which made me loath to shoot, although 

 urged by the boy to fire ; but after a while it arose 

 on the wing, when, I shot it. There were numbers of 

 tame geese close in the vicinity, and this probably 

 will account for its lameness at the time. 



Genus Anser. Brisson. 



50. American White-fronted Goose. A. albifrons 



gambeli. (Hartl.) 



" Transient Visitant," rare. I only remember 

 seeing three geese which I considered to be of this 

 species, when, on one occasion in the spring some 

 years ago, a friend and myself in a canoe came 

 across three wild geese resting on the foundation of 

 a marsh hay-stack, on the Isle de la Paix, in Lake 

 St. Louis, where they evidently had been for several 

 nights previously. But, unfortunately for us, we 

 could only approach them in our canoe on the open 

 water, and this we attempted to do. The geese 

 seemed very loath to leave their resting place, and 

 allowed us to get within killing distance of a ten- 

 bore gun, when they flew off, although they must 



