30 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



Branta nigricans. 



BLACK BRANT. 



Very abundant along the coast of British Columbia during 

 the migrations. 



Branta leucopsis. 



BARNACLE GOOSE. " 



A few examples have been taken in the Hudson's Bay district, 

 but it is an accidental straggler there from the Eastern Hemisphere. 



Olor columbianus. 



WHISTLING SWAN. 



This species is more or less common from the Pacific coast 

 to Western Ontario, but from the St. Clair Flats eastward it is 

 only casual. LUCIEN TURNER gives it as occasional in Labrador ; 

 FRANCIS BAIN reports one taken in Prince Edward Island in 

 1885; and one was taken in New Brunswick in 1882. The Indians 

 of the latter Province are familiar with the appearance of the 

 Swan having a name for it and say they find it occasionally 

 in the wake of flocks of Geese. 



Olor buccinator. 



TRUMPETER SWAN. 



This Swan is rather common in British Columbia, but east- 

 ward of that Province it is rare or casual. 



Mr. THOMPSON reports that there is no record of its occur- 

 rence in Manitoba, but Dr. COUES gives it as occasional in the 

 Red River Valley. Rev. Mr. HINCKS, of Toronto, calls it " our 

 commonest species " ; Mr. STOCK WELL, in Forest and Stream, 

 reports it as " occasional " in the St. Clair Flats, and Mr. MC!L- 

 WRAITH states that a few of this species have been taken in 

 Ontario. Dr. WHEATON gives it as "a rare winter visitor " 



