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the collection of Camp Pasquaney, Bridgewater ; Rye Beach, 

 where, as recorded by Mr. G. S. Miller, Jr., ('91, p. 118), an 

 adult female in worn breeding plumage was taken on August 

 22, 1879. The bird is in the collection of Mr. William Brew- 

 ster. A-lthough the latter specimen may have been an early 

 migrant, Mr. Miller is inclined to think that it had not come 

 from any great distance, as he had found an adult female still 

 accompanied by young in Massachusetts on Aug. 11, 1890. 

 Dates : Spring. July 11 ; August 22 to October 28. 



50. Chen liyperborea (Pall.). I^esser Snow Goose. 

 A rare and irregular fall migrant. In Belknap's time it ma}^ 



have been more common and his " White Goose, Anas ery- 

 throims,'^ (1792, III, p. 167) was probably this species. Mr. A. 

 A. Eaton writes me that a flock of six was seen at Seabrook in 

 1895 or '96, but the only actual capture of the bird that I can 

 instance is of a young male taken October 2, 1896, at Lake Uni- 

 bagog, as recorded by Mr. William Brewster ('97) in whose 

 possession the bird was stated to be. 



51. Chen cternlescens (I^inn.). Beue Goose. 



A casual visitant from the interior. Belknap (1792, III, p. 

 167) mentions the " Bluish Goose, Anas ceernlescens," 

 without comment in his list, but it is of course a question as to 

 what this record may refer. The only authentic record is at 

 Lake Umbagog, where Mr. William Brewster ('97) states that 

 an immature bird was taken on October 2, 1S96, the specimen 

 coming into his possession less than an hour after its death. 



53. Branta canadensis (Ivinn.). Canada Goose. 

 A common spring and fall migrant. According to a writer 

 in the Forest and Stream (vol. 22, p. 386) a pair was killed in 

 the Merrimack river at Concord, on June 2, 18S4, which, bar- 

 ring the possibility of these having been tame birds, is an unus- 

 ually late date. During migrations flocks of these birds not in- 

 frequently alight on ponds and lakes, in both spring and fall. 



Dates : March 11 to April ; October to December 7. 



5.3. Branta bernicla (lyinn.). Brant. 

 Although probably- a not uncommon spring and fall migrant 



