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tijis to llii' 

 suow-wliilc. 

 li, Wasliiiij;- 

 I'ts iiiul sec- 

 ts jiaU'r and 



ins (adnlts), 

 luy prolialily 

 iin sjH'ciMicn, 

 s, anil wtniM 

 are exactly 

 lie a livldiil 



he suinmcr 

 111(1 winter 

 (iiiiiil ill all 

 tlic IJiicky 

 tn'(/rir((iii<, a 

 luplc taUfu 

 IS I know, 

 h, as it sfl- 

 ■ipriii^' was 

 ;-lila('t'. It 

 ' iiiai'ij;in ol' 



to till- t'VO, 



jiassctl the 



south tlify 



and this 



it a sinj^'lc 



wiMc hit. 



ISC, ill the 



soiiu'timo.s 



IV In^ si'on 



loight; 



so 



the islands 

 y. il' ever, 

 uthsoniun 

 rctie Sea, 

 s feediiif^ 

 lie latter, 

 i;-( [uarters 



aris" Ex- 

 r. Feildeii 

 rilish Arc- 

 • During 

 lur winter- 

 down the 

 were very 



wary, and kept well out ol' gunshot range. On the L'lst <if .lime I toiuid the tirst 

 nest with eggs in hit. 82" .').'{' N.; siihseiiuently many were loiind. When the young 

 are hatehed the parent liirds and hroods congregate on the lakes, or in open watcr- 

 sjiaces near the shore, in large flocks; hy the cud ol' .Inly tiic old hirds were moulting, 

 and unable to tiy, so that they were easily secured. . . . '{"lie llesh ol' this bird is most 

 excellent. The gander remains in tlie vicinity ol' the iicsl while the goose is sitting, 

 and accompanies the young brood, in one instance, where 1 killed a I'emale as she 

 left her nest, the gainh'r came hissing at me."' 



J)r. Walker met with this (ioose on the coast of (Irceiiiand, near (lodtliaab, and 

 afterward, in the mouth ol' liellofs Strait, saw it moving northward in .Mav. Some 

 of these birds constructed nests on tiie cliffs which form the sides of the Strait. 



Aeoording to Mr. Jiarnston, this (ioose is the ('ii//ririi/,!m(nr of the Cree Indians; 

 and is still but little eared for at Iliidsoifs Uay. lie sjieaks of it as keejiing out to 

 sea, on the shoals, near low-water mark. It arrives tiie latest of all the birds of its 

 family. 



According to Trofessor KcMiihardt, it is one of the common birds of (ireenland. 

 where, on the entire coast occupied by the Danish settiements. it aiijiears only on its 

 passage to or from its breeding-places, wiiich must be in very high latitude — at the 

 least north of the .seventy-third parallel. 



J'rofessor Alfred Newton states ("Ibis," ISd.")) that on Tarry "s Kxpeditioii one of 

 its nests, containing two eggs, was obtained at Ross Inlet, latitude 80 ' IS' N.. on 

 the IGth of .June, which was at that time proiiably the most iiortiicrn land ever visited 

 by man. It was tiieii also seen in large Hocks about Wahlcii and Little Table Islands. 

 Dr. jMalmgren found it breeding on the Depot Holme. Spit/bcrgcn, and also on the 

 shore of the niainland and in Treurenberg liay, showing that Trofessor Torell was in 

 error in stating that it only breeds on islets. 



Sir .lames Ross states that the ISrant (loose did not reiiiain near I'elix Harbor to 

 breed, but went still farther north ; ami that during the sumiucr months it was only 

 seen in the highest northern latitudes that were visited. It, was found breeding on 

 Parry's I.slands, in latitude 7T" and 7.')'. Captain Scorcsby reported that it was not 

 common at Siiit/bergen ; but, Messrs. lOvans and Stiirgc, in tiicii' visit to that group 

 of islands, found it breeding in immense numbers, and reported the ground covered 

 with its nests. These were constructed on tlu; bi'acli. and were perfect masses of 

 down and feathers, in which three or four eggs were buried. This was on the South 

 C!ape Islands. 



]\Ir. (J. (iillett found this species (piite common in Matthew's Strait. Xova Zcmbla ; 

 Von lleugliii also saw it in large Hocks at the same place; and \'on I'.acr iiientions its 

 occurrence on Nova Zcmbla. and adds that it is not considered by the Russians to be 

 a (ioose. It collects in much greater iiiimbers upon the Island of Kolgiijew, where ex- 

 peditions are sent to kill and .salt these birds. .V merchant of Archangel inbirmed 

 Von Daerthat on one occasion Hfteen thousand (Jeesc were killed there in two hunts. 

 MiihlendorlT enumerates it as one of the birds of Arctic Siberia, occurring only in the 

 extreme north. 



Mr. Hoardinan informs me that this bird is common in the fall about Macey's 15ay, 

 in the Day of Fuiidy. ft occurs in varying numbers on the New I'Jigland coast, both 

 in the spring ami fall, and is especially abundant on ('a[ie (Jod in the spring, or from 

 jMarch to May. 



Mr. W. Hapgood, in a very full account {)f the habits of this species (" Forest and 

 Stream," Scjit. L', 187.')), states that in ordinary seasons Drant begin to be coininon at 

 Cape Cod early in March, and continue coming and going until the end of .\pril. At 



