THB OOLOGIST 



172a Hutch ins' Goose, Branta cana- 

 densis hutchinsi. 



The above print portrays a half 

 dozen Hutchins' Geese in our posses- 

 sion. They are quiet and compara- 

 tively easily tamed birds, closely re- 

 lated to the Canada Goose, though of 

 a more brownish general tinge and ap- 

 preciably smaller. This species is the 

 most Northern of all of the several 

 forms of Canada goose, and nests much 

 farther North, nesting along the shores 



and islands of the North Arctic coast. 

 It is not known to breed South of the 

 Barren Grounds in the interior of the 

 continent. It is most common in win- 

 ter in California, though it is known 

 to range through the Mississippi val- 

 ley clear to Louisiana at times, and 

 has been seen in Maine, and occasion- 

 ally passes over New York, Ontario 

 and Ohio. Its eggs are rare in collec- 

 tions. 



