Kimim ^^ytmmm/.mnKui 



446 



LAMELLinOSTRAL SWIMMERS - ANSERE8. 



return south, was also unknown, riicy \v«'rt' rau'ly seen on the roast of Hudson's 

 Bay soutli of 69° north. 



Mr. T.ciiiartl H. Hoss mentions tlie fact that the Slave F^ake Indians recognize the. 

 differeneo iM'twt'on this Hpeeies and hotli t\n' ti/fnitiis and the In/prrhoi'iiis, it being saitl 

 to anivo from the south later than the I'onner, and earlier than the latter. 



A largo number of imlividnals of this sjjecies were taken iit Fort I{esobition in 

 May, l.S()(), by Mr. Kennieolt. and in .May. ISO,'? ;ind 1S(m, i)y ^fr. .». I.oekhart. 



Mr. IJlakiston (•• ll>is," IS7.S) refers to a smaller White (ioo.se mixed witli the 

 flocks of A. /ii//ii:rfi'iriii.i in .lajjan, which he refers to "./. afhiffux,'^ but wlneii may have 

 been this sjieeies. Its lueal namo was Ko-hakugan. 



Captain J$endire nuMitions th(> iiroeuring a single specimen of this (Joo.se on Silver 

 River in Eastern Oregon, .\pril IL*, t87(». but considered it a very rare, species there. 

 It had been shot by Sergeant Kennedy out of a Hock (d' twelve, and weighed two and 

 three fourths i)ounds. Its note was .said to be (piite ditferent from that of the Snow 

 Goose. Other e,\amides have Iteen taken in .Marin ('o. and in other parts of Cali- 

 fornia, where its presence, however, is e.xc(>])tiona.l and rare. 



Dr. .Tames ('. Merrill informs me that tlirs Goose is by no means uncommon about 

 Fort Missoula, in Montana Territory. 



Mr. L. Helding, of Stockton, <'al., writes us as follows concerning this sftecies : 

 " Usually associates witli other <5e>'se when in tlu^ San Joa<piin Valley, especially 

 6'. /ii/j)L'rf>oiriis, and when Hying individuals are sometimes scattered through .a flock, 

 or, as is often the ca.se, congregated on one si(h' or other portions of it. F once saw 

 about a hiuidred of these Oecse in a separate flock, flying very high, and going north- 

 ward, the sjieoies being determined by its cry, which somewhat resenddes that of the 

 small ' Cackling (roose ' (/>'. cininili'Dsis hiimjnnrin). In Xovendierand DeciMuber, ]S.S(», 

 itwasipiite as abnndiint in the Stockton market ius ('. /n/iifi'tmiriis — owing, I snpjKtse, 

 to its tanif-ness." Specimens of ('. Tinmti were observed at Stockton by Mr. IJclding 

 as early as Oct. 6, 1880, and by the. I."»th they became common. Mr. Pidding further 

 renuirks that "the flesh of ('. liossl, unlike that of Geese generally, is excellent 

 food." 



Grm-s ANSER, BitissoN. 



ill 



An9fr, HiMss. Orn. \. 1760 (tyi)o, Ami-i oMcr, Liss., = ./. cinrretui, Mkyku). 



This guuus (liffm's from Chen chiefly in the form of tin- bill, wiiicli i,s inucli les.s rolnist, iiinrc 

 depressed tcrnuiiidly, the nails thimicr and less art'licd, the tonna less divergent, etc. In fact, tlif 

 bill of some si'eeies is ipiite iiti-iitical in form willi that of the Jargi'r speciiM of Ihriiiclii ((vokk/ik.si.^ 

 &ni\ Hutching!). The type of tlie genus, .1. i/iii ;•<■».<, Mkvku, has tlie bill deridedly appro.xiniatiiig 

 to tliat of Chi'ti, the coimiiissmi! gaping <|uile widely. BiU one s| ies oceuis in America, Iht" com- 

 mon White-fronted Ooose (Aiiurr (liimhili, n.\KTi..\un). The yMwy specie.i occurs also in Europe 

 in II representative form — the .-1. ((M/y/VDi.*, <!.mki.. The di.l'erence between them is diielly one 

 of size, tho American binl being decidedly the larger. Another European species or race resem- 

 bling A. alhifnmH, but much sniiillcr, sei-nis to bear to tin' latter about the same relation which 

 llrnicla Ilutchiim or 7*. h ncnpuria do to ]!. anudhitais. Tlie following measurements I'lijni a eoii- 

 uiderahlc series of specimens will serve to show the comparative size of the thive binls : — 



WliiK. 



Cllllili'll. 



ni'I-thofllKIX. WIdll; (if mux. 

 Mt Ikisiv III liasiv 



Tiirsiis. 



Mlililli- 1".'. 



■.V ! 

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