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which was always a mere shallow cavity in the ground, in every 

 observed and reported instance had more or less of a lining of hay, 

 feathers and down, while the maximum number of eggs in no case 

 exceeded seven. (Macfarlane.) 



nib. Bean Goose. 



Anser fabalis (Lath.) Salvad. 1895. 



Accidental in Greenland. {Winge.) Under the name segetum, 

 Richardson mentions this species as one of the geese which are known 

 to visit the Hudson bay region, but are rarely seen, being accidental 

 visitors. (Preble.) 



LXVII. BRANTA Scopoli. 1769. 

 172. Canada Goose. 



Branta canadensis (Linn.) Bannister. 1870. 



A common migrant in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It 

 breeds in Newfoundland, in Labrador, in northern Quebec, on both 

 sides of Hudson bay, and on the island of Anticosti, where the 

 writer saw flocks of old and young feeding in bogs on the berries of 

 Empetrum nigrum in August, 1883. Not known to breed in the east, 

 north of Labrador. Spreadborough found it breeding along both 

 coasts of James bay. 



This species is a migrant as far as known in Ontario, but west- 

 ward it breeds from Manitoba and the prairie region to the Pacific 

 coast. A few pairs breed in almost all the prairie lakes having 

 islands in them and where the waters on the outer fringe of a marsh 

 is over 30 inches deep. It was found breeding, by Spreadborough, 

 at Henry House, Athabasca Pass, 1898. Found breeding in the 

 marshes along the Bow river at Banff in 1891, in the marshes of the 

 Columbia below Golden in 1885, and near Revelstoke, B.C., in 1890. 

 Farther to the north it becomes more abundant and breeds in greater 

 numbers throughout the whole wooded country. It is not common 

 in Alaska but breeds in the interior and throughout British Columbia. 

 Brooks reports that a flock of Canada geese winters every year on 

 Shuswap lake, B.C., and says this is the only goose breeding in the 

 Cariboo district. 



