thought of migrating, and took up the 

 company of the bluebills on their 

 southern journey. The coween will 

 never be a numerous form in Mani- 

 toba because of the long overland jour- 

 ney to our Manitoba lakes, and they 

 are so late in migrating that all local 

 water is frozen over before they could 

 reach us. The mature bird is a beauti- 

 fully marked species, but beyond this 

 there would be little gain at his ad- 

 dition to our regular bird list. 



skinned and eat it, saving the skin 

 to mount. Before he did this, how- 

 ever, the mice discovered it and de- 

 stroyed half of the head and neck. 

 An examination of the bird after he 

 bad mounted it, discovered to me a 

 Ross's goose, and I remounted it and 

 managed to patch it up so as to make 

 one side presentable enough to photo- 

 graph. I endeavored to secure the 

 specimen but the inflated mercenary 

 ideas of the owner placed it beyond 





Ross's Snow Goose. 



CHEN ROSSII. 



Ross's Snow Goose. 



On Sept. 20, 1902, a young lad, F. 

 Marwood, who was working for me, 

 secured a rare specimen under pecul- 

 iar conditions. He had been paddling 

 on the Red river with a companion 

 above the city, and saw a small white 

 goose sitting on the bank. Having 

 vnly a small rifle with him he failed 

 to secure it after a few shots and the 

 bird flew off. On their return toward 

 the city they again discovered the bird 

 on the bank, when one of them alighted 

 and secured it. Thinking it but 

 a common snow goose he took it home, 



my reach and careless preserving in 

 the first place, and subsequent care- 

 less handling almost destroyed the 

 bird and I believe it fell into the hands 

 of a local taxidermist, who is impress- 

 ed rather with its commercial than it's 

 scientific value, and may therefore be 

 practically considered a lost record 

 save for these notes. I subsequently 

 heard that in 1901 two other speci- 

 mens had been received at the old 

 Grieve establishment, but had been 

 spoiled before being preserved and 

 no data could be secured. During the 

 fall of 1902, Mr. John Atkinson, of 

 St. Marks, informed me that he had 

 on two other occasions seen a flock 



