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according to Sommerfelt, it is chiefly met with on the Galbokjok, a branch of the Tana river. 

 It breeds both on the Varanger fiord and in several parts of Lapland, as, for instance, in Utsjoki 

 and Enare parishes, at Enontekis, near Kilpisjarvi, and on the fells near Kautokeino. 



In Sweden it is said to appear now and then on the shores of the Baltic. Nilsson records the 

 occurrence of one on the Motala river in September 1849. Meves says that it has been shot on 

 Oland ; and, according to Dr. Sundstrom, there is a Goose in the Orebro Museum said to be the 

 present species. Wheelwright, who met with it at Quickjock, remarks that it is the only species 

 of Goose he saw there, and he could never hear that any goose but this and the Bean-Goose bred 

 there. Although he never took the nest himself, he is certain that it nests on the fells ; for any 

 night he was camping out he could hear its cry (which much resembles its Lap name) kasak, 

 kasak, apparently uttered from the highest snow-capped fells, as he never saw them on the fell- 

 meadows. According to Dr. Palmen this little Goose occurs regularly in Northern Finland, on 

 the Tornea river and at Uleaborg, on passage ; Sadelin records it from Wasa ; and Von Wright 

 believes that it passes Kuopio on the spring migration. One was shot in Uskela in May 1850 ; 

 and it has been recorded, though in many instances confused with Anser albifrons, from Hel- 

 singfors, Esbo, and Porkkala ; and Tengstrom states that large flocks pass annually over a sheet 

 of water at Wuoksen in May and late in September or early in October. In Central Russia the 

 Lesser White-fronted Goose is said to be somewhat rare ; but it has been recorded from the 

 Vologda Government, and Bogdanoff states that it occurs on passage near Astrachan. In the 

 Ural, however, it is, Mr. Sabanaeff writes, very numerous, and tens of thousands pass through 

 the Shadrinsk district during migration. As a rule they migrate along the western slope of the 

 mountains. It occurs in Poland, where, however, it is much rarer than Anser albifrons ; and it 

 appears to be still rarer in Germany. Naumann says that many years ago one was shot on the 

 Schwanensee, near Erfurth ; one was obtained by Nitzsch near Zerbst ; and Dr. Schalow states 

 (J. f. O. 1877, p. 335) that a specimen was procured on a pond near Hennersdorf, half a German 

 mile from Gorlitz. It has occurred more than once in Denmark, and may have been obtained 

 oftener than it has been recorded, and mistaken for Anser albifrons. Mr. Scheel shot one on the 

 15th October 1825 at Ulfshale. Mr. Collin purchased one at a game-dealer's, in Copenhagen, on 

 the 10th September 1850; and Mr. Benzon informs me that several were shot out of a flock in 

 Randers Fjord in March 1878, all of which were eaten; but he secured the head of one, and 

 thus identified the species. Professor Schlegel states that it has been met with rarely on passage 

 in Holland. Degland and Gerbe say that a young example was killed at Douai on the 15th 

 January 1849 ; but it is of extremely rare occurrence in France, and has not been obtained in 

 Portugal ; a single example, however, now in the possession of Lord Lilford, was obtained near 

 Spain, by Ruiz. 



I do not find any record of its occurrence in Italy, Sardinia, or Sicily; but it is found in 

 Greece as a rare winter visitant. Dr. Kruper says that in the winter of 1874-75 he purchased 

 one in the Athens market, and some years previously saw several. It occurs now and again in 

 Southern Germany ; and has, according to Naumann, been obtained in Austria and Hungary ; 

 Dr. Fritsch states (J. f. O. 1872, p. 367) that the examples figured in his ' Vogel Europa's' were 

 obtained near Fanenberg, Bohemia, by Feldegg about thirty years ago ; and Mr. Hromadko, of 

 Pardubic, possesses a fine old female, which was shot between Zdanic and Bohdanec on the 



