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frcqiieiitly Ht't'ii ill tlic iimtiicrii distiii-ts of Silit'iiu, wlicrc Miiltli'iHlorff sjM'aks nl' it 

 iis til** iuu8t coiiimiiii siifcifs louiiil hi'iH'diii^r oil till! Tuiiiiyr. It ;U»o occuis in C'liiiia 

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in its m'licial lialiits this (lnosc a|i|M'ais to be iu no wist- ililTcrriit troni our roiii- 

 iiion Ncantic toini, A. Unmlnli It tlit's in wfilj^c-shapfil tlocks. frn|ucntU iittfriiiin 

 a loud iind Iuu'hIi <tv, wliiidi may Ih> hi-aid ut u roii.sidi-ialilc dislaiici'. TIicnu tlocks 

 ill!' said to 1h> },'rii('nilly on the wiiiK just iK-rorc sunrise and sunset, and tliey are very 

 regular in tlieir niovenieiits, taking the same line of tligiit, and feeding ut the same 

 spot ciu'li day ; they may in eoiise(inenee U- readily ohtained liy lying in wait fur 

 fliem. When oiiee lireil upon, the Hoek usually h'aves the neigliliorhiMd. This liird 

 prefers low damp districts to the uplands, and may more freipiently he fouml in 

 localities where aipiatie plants grow than in cultivated lields. Mr. St. ilohn states 

 that it is frenucntly .seen off the coasts of Kngland and S«'olland in severe weather, anil 

 also in iiiiirshy districts and gra.s.s-tields. It arrives in Morayshire earlier than the 

 iitlier species of (lecse. hut is never .seen there in Hocks of more tlian eight or ten 

 individiial.s. This (ioose feeds almost exclusively un vegetahle matters; and Mr. 

 Macgillivray states that a spei-inien sent to him from Northiimlierlaiid had its stomach 

 tilled with the tender shoots and leaves of the common clover, on which it had heeii 

 feeding after a severe snow-storm, hike the other species, it hreeds near fresh-water 

 or salt poids not immediately on the coast, and makes a large nest on the ground, 

 warmly lineil with down. The eggs are from J'our to six in nnnilier. are yidlowish 

 white in color, and measure about .'t.lL' inches in length hy L'.l.l in hreailth. 



The .Vmcriiiin •' Wliite-fronted," or '•Laughing, (loose" is a resident, during tlio 

 summer moiitlis, in high .\rctic regions, migratory in the spring and fall, and in tiie 

 winter diffused over all the southern jiortioiis of North America, being more abun- 

 dant in the central anil western regions, and comparatively rare on the Atlantic 

 coast. 



According to ^Ir. iJoardman, it is of occasional occurreiiee near Calais. < hie wa.s 

 procured at St. Sti-pheii that had tlowii against the Hag-statf. and had thus iieconie 

 disabled. It is rarely seen in Ma.s.siudinsetts, iilthough individuals are occasionally 

 liiought to the markets which have been taken on ("a|ie Cod. .Mr. (Jiraiid speaks of 

 this bird as being exceedingly rare on !,ong Island. A single specimen is mentioned 

 as having been shot near iJabylon. and given to the New Vork Lyceum. 



On the I'ueitic coast it is more abundant. Dr. Cooper mentions having seen tlocks 

 iif this species at Los .\iigeles in Meceiiiiicr. l.sCiO. It is also given by .Mr. I{. I'liowne 

 as one (d' the birds of Vancouver Island. Captain Kendire mentions it us abundant 

 in (hegon during migrations, and the first to arrive in tho fall. 



Dr. Pickering, in his Notes taken when naturalist id' the Wilkes ICxpedition. men- 

 liiins the occurrence of immense niimiiers of (lecse of various sjiecics on the coast of 

 California and Oregon, in the month of .Vpril. and subseipieiitly in October. He 

 calls particular attention to the abundance of this species in that region, and .says 

 tli.it the (Jeese are usually seen either Hying in lines — generally bifurcating from a 

 point, but frecjuently irregular — or walking on the ground in seiudi of fooit. 



Mr. I'eale, referring to this sjiecies, states that about the middle of (Jctober v;!st 

 numbers id' White-fronted or liaiighing (lecse arrive in Oregon and California from 

 the north. They are generally found on moist prairies, and feed almost entirely on 

 gra.ss. None were seen that were black anywhere, except in patidies on the breast. 



Mr. K. Aihims, in his Notes on the IMrds ob.served on the Coast «)f Norton Sound 

 ("Ibis," 1H7S), speaks of this (loose as arriving tli.'re as i-arly as the L'.'M of .\pvil, 

 liut not la'comiiig idiiindant laitil the liist week in Ma}'. Tlu^y did not congregate 



