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on the north shofe, a few miles to the eastward. They were 

 undoubtedly on their breeding grounds. We next saw the 

 species in the store-houses at Fort Chipewyan on our return trip. 

 Here several thousand are salted each year for winter use. Hunt- 

 ers met on the lower Athabaska on October 1 1 had freshly killed 

 specimens, and the species was conspicuous among the migrating 

 flocks which passed overhead during the forenoon of October 16, 

 when we were ascending the Athabaska, a few miles above Fort 

 McKay. 



Branta canadensis canadensis (Linn.). Canada Goose. 



This fine species was observed on the Athabaska below Pop- 

 lar Point on June 3 on its breeding grounds. We noted it also 

 near the head of the Nyarling on July 11. We next saw the 

 species on Great Slave Lake near Kah-d'nouay in mid-July, 

 when a pair of birds, accompanied by their young, were seen. 

 On our return trip we noted a flock of twenty on lower Slave 

 River on September 28, and we saw flocks on Rocher River on 

 October 8 and 9. It is one of the favourite food birds and was 

 seen in large numbers in the store-houses at Fort Chipewyan, 

 where several thousand are salted each year for winter use. We 

 last observed it during the forenoon of October 16, when over 

 a hundred flocks, averaging at least thirty birds each, were seen 

 flying southward. 



Branta canadensis hutchinsi (Richardson). Hutchins's Goose. 



We first noted this northern form on Artillery Lake, near the 

 tree limit, on September 2, and, while we were making the port- 

 age from Artillery Lake to the eastern extremity of Great Slave 

 Lake on September 9 and 10, we observed flocks flying south- 

 ward. The species was next noted at Fort Chipewyan on 

 October 9, when numbers were seen among the geese pre- 

 served for food. We noted a flock on the lower Athabaska on 

 October 11, and saw many flocks among migrating water-fowl 

 on October 16 when we were ascending the Athabaska above 

 Fort McKay. 



