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Status—Abundant winter visitant to the interior valleys; less frequent near 
the seacoast. Recorded south to San Diego (Belding, MS), and southeast to the 
Colorado River below Needles (J. Grinnell, Uniy. Calif. Publ. Zool., xm, 1914, 
p. 116). 
99 (170) Chen rossi (Cassin) 
Ross SNow GoosE 
Synonym—Anser rossi. 
Status—Fairly common winter visitant to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Val- 
ley and to the vicinity of Los Angeles. Recorded also from Ventura County 
(Evermann, Auk, m, 1886, p. 90), and Newport, Orange County (Daggett, Con- 
dor, 11, 1901, p. 15). The latter is our southernmost record-station. 
100 (171a) Anser albifrons gambeli Hartlaub 
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 
Synonyms—Anser erythropus; Anser albifrons; Anser gambeli; Bernicla 
gambeli; Laughing Goose; Checker-breast. 
Status—Common winter visitant in suitable localities throughout the state. 
As with the snow and Canada geese, the San Joaquin-Sacramento Valley is the 
area of marked abundance. 
101 (172) Branta canadensis canadensis (Linnaeus) 
CANADA GOOSE 
Synonyms—Bermicla canadensis; Branta canadensis occidentalis; White- 
cheeked Goose. 
Status—Fairly common in summer in suitable parts of northeastern Cali- 
fornia; breeding stations: Lower Klamath Lake (Newberry, Pac. R. R. Rep., v1, 
1857, p. 100; H. C. Bryant, Condor, xvi, 1914, p. 232); Eagle Lake, Lassen 
County (Sheldon, Condor, rx, 1907, p. 187) ; Lake Tahoe (Belding, Zoe, m1, 1892, 
p. 100). The identity of the goose nesting at Lake Tahoe has lately been proven 
to be with canadensis rather than with occidentalis by the taking of a breeding 
female, May 15, 1911, at Rowland’s Marsh; this bird is no. 17224, Mus. Vert. 
Zool. (see Ray, Condor, x1v, 1912, p. 72). Occurs in winter regularly south 
through the interior valleys; southernmost record stations: Bixby, Los Angeles 
County (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 1898, p. 13) ; Elsinore Lake (Nord- 
hoff, Auk, x1x, 1902, p. 214) ; and ‘‘near San Diego’’ (Belding, Zoe, m1, 1892, p. 
100). B. c. occidentalis, the so-called White-cheeked Goose, is now believed to 
have no claim to recognition as a bird of California (see Swarth, Univ. Calif. 
Publ. Zool., xm, 1913, pp. 1-24, figs. and pls.). 
102 (172a) Branta canadensis hutchinsi (Richardson) 
HurcHins GoosE 
Synonyms—Anser hutchins.; Bernicla hutchinsi. 
Status—Common winter visitant to suitable localities throughout the state. 
Most plentiful in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. Recorded east to 
