ANNOTATED, LIST, 41 
(57) 167. Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmel.). Ruppy 
Duck. Broad-bili. Booby.— A not uncommon migrant along 
the coast and to the inland ponds, breeding locally. Lawton 
calls this bird the ‘most abundant of the migratory ducks, of 
which large numbers are shot at Easton’s Pond every season.” ! 
In a note in “The Auk” by Mr.G.S. Miller, Jr., he speaks of 
a number of specimens in adult plumage, being taken during 
July at Sakonnet Point.2,) Mr. Newton Dexter writes that two 
broods were hatched in Long Pond, Sakonnet, in 1895; when 
about half grown the young disappeared.* 
March and October. July. 
(58) 169.1. Chen czrulescens (Linn.). BLur Goose. A 
young bird was taken at Charlestown Beach on October 16, 1892, 
by Mr. F. L. Glezen and identified by Mr. Newton Dexter.2 Mr. 
Dexter writes that he presented two, killed near Newport, to the 
Brown University collection. 
(59) 169. Chen hyperborea (Pall.).? Lesser Snow Goose. 
Goose. Snow Goose. Mexican Goose.— A rare and irregular 
winter visitant. Whether the birds recorded are of this race or 
Chen hyperborea nivalis cannot be determined. 
(October) to (April). 
(60) 172. Branta canadensis (Linn.). Canapa Goose. 
Wild Goose.-— A common migrant. Three or four flocks com- 
prising some two hundred birds were observed at Newport, 
bound south on December 17, 1898. * 
March 13 to April 29. October. 
(61) 173. Branta bernicla (Linn.). Brant. Brant Goose. 
—A not uncommon migrant, and rare winter visitant. Lawton 
1 Lawton’s List, p. 16. 
SAM Mole XVILLT; No. 1; p. 118. 
Pune. Vol VL No. TI, p. 2nn. 
3F.& S., Vol. XXX, No. 3, p. 48, and Providence Journal, Jan, 16, 1893. 
Prov. Journal, Jan. 25th, 1893. 
aB.& 3. Vol XY, No. 20; p. 389. 
