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Bird- Lore 



accommodating Canvas - back,, 

 which busied itself within six feet 

 of us. The Shovellers moved 

 about in a dense squadron, glean- 

 ing something from the surface 

 of the water. 



The following week we spent 

 another day at the park, and this 

 time came armed with a camera 

 for a preliminary attempt. As it 

 turned out, this was our only 

 chance, for bad weather pre- 

 vented further trials. We found, 

 the Geese not difficult to photo- 

 graph, the camera being focused 

 from a tripod. It seemed strange 

 to see Ross's and Lesser Snow 

 Geese wandering along paths, 

 bordering the lake, notwithstand- 

 ing numerous carriages and pedestrians continually passing. 



The American White-fronted — sometimes, in California, called Gray 

 Goose — was fairly common, but not so abundant as the combined numbers, 

 of three races of Branta canadensis — butchinsi, occidentalis and minima. 

 Hutchins's was the commonest form, and we secured a good negative of five: 



AMERICAN" WHITE-FRONTED 



HUTCHINS' GOOSE 



