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LAMELLlIiOSTKAL SWIMMERS — ANSEKES. 



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saw many of this species in Novembei- on the Truckee meadows, wliere it is a tall 

 ami winter visitiint. 



This species is of irreguliiv orenrrence on the Atlantic ct)ast. At some seasons it 

 has hecn found not uncommon in tlu' vicinity of Hoston ; and nambcrs have been 

 brouj,'lit to market from the ("ape. On tlie eastern extremity of Lony Island, aecord- 

 iufj to Dr. (riraiul, it is also not uncommon. It is well known to hunters as the 

 "Mud Goose "' at .Montauk Point, where it is freipiently observed in ('ompany with 

 the rntitii/cnsis. The sportsnu-n of the south side of Long Island are not acquainted 

 with it, although there is no reason to doubt that it is freiiuently procured there. 

 At some seasons it has i)een known to be quite abundant in the Chesapeake Bay. 



Mr. Uall found this bird to l)e the most ('ommon of all the Geese, both in the 

 Alaskan islands and all along the Yukon Hivev as high up as Nulato. It was breed- 

 ing on St. Michael's and I'astolik, as well as on the river. In the latter place it takes 

 the place of the leucopttreia, which is comparatively rare there. The nests were 

 depressions in the sand-beaches, similar to those of the A. Gamheli It arrives in 

 company with the latter species, and leaves about the end of September. The num- 

 ber of its eggs varies from six to eight. 



Mr. MacFarlane fouiul it nesting in great nund)ers on the Lower Anderson, and 

 on the shores and islands of the Arctic Sea. Some nests were on low, small islets in 

 fresh-water lakes ; these were constructed of a ([uantity of down placed in a depres- 

 sion in the ground. The number of eggs was six. The ohl birds were generally 

 quite tanui. ( )ther nests were found on islands in the Anderson Uiver, and also in 

 the Arctic Sea. In all instances there was nujre or less down and feathers, and in 

 some cases these were mingled with dry grasses or leaves. In one instance four eggs 

 of this species were found in the deserted nest of a Crow or Hawk, built on the fork 

 of a pine-tree, and at the height of nine feet. The parent bird was shot while on her 

 eggs. The ground in the vicinity was at that tinu) covered with snow and water, and 

 this was probably the reason the bird nested in so unusual a place. 



Mr. Adams notes the iirrival of these birds on the shores of Norton Sound on the 

 8th of May; and a considerable number remained to breed in the marshes. They 

 came in small flocks as well as by twos and threes, and were all in good condition, 

 but varying greatly in their weight — one being less than three pounds in weight, 

 while others were lu-arly six. They were not numerous in the innuediate vicinity of 

 Michalaski, the greater number I'emaining in the marshes thirty miles south. 



Specimens of this (loose were secured by Mr. Kennicott at Fort Resolution and 

 Fort Yukon, in Jlay, l.S()(); by Mr. li. II. Koss at Big Island and Fort Simjjsou ; by 

 Mr. MacFarlane on the Anderson, on islands lu the Arctic Sea east of that river, also 

 in Franklin Bay and at other points in that region. 



The eggs of Hutchins's Goose are of a dull ivory-white color, and oval in shape. 

 Two from Fort Yukon (Smithsonian Institution, No. 14583) measure, one 3.00 inches 

 in length by 2.00 in breadth, the other 2.95 inches in length by 2.05 in breadth. 



Bernicla leucopareia. 



The form known as Bernicla leucopareia was first described by Brandt, in 1836, 

 and afterward by Professor Baird from a specimen obtained in Puget Sound by Dr. 

 Suckley, in January. Mr. li. Browne claims to have obtained this bird on Vancouver 

 Island, and mentions it as common there. Mr. Kennicott procured specimens of this 

 form on the Yukon, but noted nothing specifically distinct as to its habits. JMr. 

 Bannister speaks of it as connuon in the early spring at St. Michael's ; and Mr. Dall 

 cites it as abundant on the sea-coast, near the nu)uth of the Eiver Yukon, where it 



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