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on the north shore, a few miles to the eastward. They were 

 undoubtedly on their breeding grounds. We next saw the 

 species in the store-houses at Fort Chipewyan on our return trip. 

 Here several thousand are salted each year for winter use. Hunt- 

 ers met on the lower Athabaska on October 1 1 had freshly killed 

 specimens, and the species was conspicuous among the migrating 

 flocks which passed overhead during the forenoon of October 16, 

 when we were ascending the Athabaska, a few miles above Fort 

 McKay. 



Branta canadensis canadensis (Linn.). Canada Goose. 



This fine species was observed on the Athabaska below Pop- 

 lar Point on June 3 on its breeding grounds. We noted it also 

 near the head of the Nyarling on July 11. We next saw the 

 species on Great Slave Lake near Kah-d'nouay in mid-July, 

 when a pair of birds, accompanied by their young, were seen. 

 On our return trip we noted a flock of twenty on lower Slave 

 River on September 28, and we saw flocks on Rocher River on 

 October 8 and 9. It is one of the favourite food birds and was 

 seen in large numbers in the store-houses at Fort Chipewyan, 

 where several thousand are salted each year for winter use. We 

 last observed it during the forenoon of October 16, when over 

 a hundred flocks, averaging at least thirty birds each, were seen 

 flying southward. 



Branta canadensis hutchinsi (Richardson) . Hutchins's Goose. 



We first noted this northern form on Artillery Lake, near the 

 tree limit, on September 2, and, while we were making the port- 

 age from Artillery Lake to the eastern extremity of Great Slave 

 Lake on September 9 and 10, we observed flocks flying south- 

 ward. The species was next noted at Fort Chipewyan on 

 October 9, when numbers were seen among the geese pre- 

 served for food. We noted a flock on the lower Athabaska on 

 October 11, and saw many flocks among migrating water-fowl 

 on October 16 when we were ascending the Athabaska above 

 Fort McKay. 



