28 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



Chen hyperborea nivalis. 



GREATER SNOW GOOSE. 



This species is more abundant on the Plains than nearer 

 the Atlantic coast, comparatively few having been found east 

 of Manitoba, while on the sea-board it is extremely rare. It 

 breeds far north, and winters along the coast of the South 

 Atlantic States. 



Chen rossii. 



ROSS'S SNOW GOOSE. 



A rather common species in British Columbia, though more 

 abundant in the interior than on the coast. It has been taken in 

 Great Slave Lake and at Fort Churchill, and winters in Southern 

 California. 



Anser albifrons gambeli. 



AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 



This species appears to be met with more frequently in 

 British Columbia and in the vicinity of the Great Lakes than 

 elsewhere in the Dominion. One pair taken at Turtle Mountain, 

 in 1882, is the only record for that district, and DUNLAP and 

 WINTLE'S report of its accidental occurrence near Montreal is the 

 only eastern record, excepting KUMLIEN'S report of finding it in 

 Cumberland Bay and in Greenland. It winters in Mexico and 

 Cuba. 



Branta canadensis. 



CANADA GOOSE. 



The " Wild Goose " occurs throughout the entire Dominion, 

 but is more abundant between the Rockies and the Atlantic than 

 on the Pacific slope. It breeds from about the 5oth parallel 

 northward, and in winter goes south to Mexico. 



