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LAMELLIROSTHAL SWIMMERS — ANSERES. 



It was seen breeding ubundantly by Mr. MacFarlaue near the Arctic Ocean. Some 

 of tlie nests were found on small islets in fresh-water ponds ; others on islands in 

 the Anderson, near its mouth ; and many others either on the shore or on ishuuls 

 in Franklin I5ay, or other parts of the Arctic Sea. In some cases the nest was noth- 

 ing more than a mere (h'[)ression lined with down ; but in some the cpiantity of down 

 was quite large. The number of eggs in a nest was generally five ; but in one case 

 as many as sev^en were seen, and in six or seven instances six. 



On tiie coast of Norton Sound, Alaska, as observed by Mr. E. Adams (" Ibis," 

 1878), these Guese were observed to arrive in the middle of May in great numbers. 

 They were first noticed on the 12th. Th(\y keep much more to the sea than the other 

 Geese, and large flocks are only seen inland near their breeding-places. They keep 

 along the coast, out of shot, and in the spring their line of Wight is directly north. 

 They breed in the southern nuirshes with the Ilutchins's Goose, th{> natives eoUec^t- 

 ing their eggs at the end of Juno, and bringin;.; them by boat-loads to Michalaski. 

 Mr. Adams regards the eggs as being by no means good eating, since they are rank 

 and Hshy ; but the Russians consider them excelleiit. 



Exami)les were taken in large mnubers on the \ ukon by Mr. Kennicott, and after- 

 ward by Mr. T. Lockhart. Mr. ^Fac Farlaue found it breeding in abundance on islands 

 northeast of the mouth of Anderson liiver, in Liveri)ool Hay on the Arctic coast, on 

 Franklin Hay, on various other parts of the coast, and especially in regions west of 

 Anderson River. 



Eggs of this species from Liver[)()ol Hay (Smithsonian Institution, No. 9183) are 

 of a dull ivory-white, or a grayish-white color, and range in length from 2.75 to 2.90 

 inches, and in breadth from 1.80 to 1.8;j inches. 



Brauta leucopsis. 



THE BARNACLE OOOSE. 



Anser hncopsis, Bkcii.st. Tiischb. 1803, 424. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 355. — AuD. Orn. Biog. III. 



1835, 609, pi. 2i)(> ; Syiioi). 1839, 271 ; 15. Am. VI. 1843, 200, pi. 378. 

 Alius leucopsis, Tk.mm. Mi\ii. 1815, 531. 

 Bcrnicln Iciu-opsis, Bon:, Isis, 1822, 5()3. — Baiiid, B. N. Am. 18:'i8, 768 ; Cut N. Am. H. 1859, no. 



572. — KiDGW. Norn. N. Am. 15. 1882, no. .W?. —Cocks, Clieik List, 2il cd. 1882, no. 699. 

 Branta leucopsis, Bannlst. Pr. Ac. \iit. Sei. PhilaJ. 1870, 131. — Coi-i;s, Key, 1872, 283; Check 



List, 1873, no. 483 ; Birds X. W. 1874, 558. 



Had. Piilrenrctic Region ; casual in Eastern North America (Hudson's Bay and Jamaica 

 Bay, Long Island, specimens in U. S. Niitional Museum; Currituck Sound, N. C. ; cf. Lawu. 

 Am. Nat. Y. 1871, 10). 



Si>. Chak. Adult (No. 49788. Hudson's Bay Territory ; B. R. Ross) : Anterior portion of tlie 

 back, jugulum, neck, and occiput, to nearly ahove the eyes, uniform deep Idack, tin; posterior out- 

 line of which on the juguUnn is very regular and sharply defined. Head mostly white, with a 

 black stripe from the upper basal angle; of the liill to the eye. Lower parts grayish white, becom- 

 ing dark cinereous on the sides and Hanks, where the feathers are broadly tipped with grayish 

 white. Anal region, crissum, and ui)iier tail-coverta itnmaculate pure white. Interscapulars, 

 rump, and tail uiuform lilack ; scapulars black, their concealed bases slate-color. Wing-coverts 

 glaucous-ash, broadly ti]iped (lor about .(55 of an inch) with Mack, the last row ("greater coverts") 

 conspicuously tipped with white. Secondaries and primaries brownish slate-black, ftding basally 

 into slaty asii. Bill and feet deep black. Wing, 1(5.50 inches ; tail, (i.OO ; cuhuen, 1.20 ; bill .80 

 wide and deep at base ; tawus, 2.75 ; middle toe, LOO. 



Two European specimens in the National Collection differ from that descril)e<l above — which is 

 the only American e.\ample of the species we have seen — in the nuich lighter color of the upper 



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