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Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmel.). 

 Ruddy Duck. 



Uncommon summer resident on eastern shore of Hudson Bay. 



Macoun states that it breeds "sparingly from Richmond Gulf to 

 Ungava." A female with four young about a week old was taken on 

 June 21, 1896, in northern Labrador by Spreadborough. 



[Chen hyperborea (Pall.). Lesser Snow Goose. — The record of Eifrig 

 ('05, p. 237) : " They breed mostly on islands along the eastern shores of Hud- 

 son Bay," refers probably to nivalis; hyperborea is more western in its 

 distribution than nivalis.] 



Chen hyperborea nivalis (Forst.). 

 Greater Snow Goose; "Wavy"; "Kangok" (Eskimo). 



Very rare summer resident, but common transient visitor on the 

 eastern shores of Hudson Bay. 



Packard says: "Occasionally a straggler is seen in the western 

 portion and along the western end of Hudson Strait. Eskimo from 

 the eastern shore of Hudson Bay reported it to be very plentiful during 

 the migration." Macoun records a set of 3 eggs from one of the 

 Twin Islands, James Bay, in 1898, from A. P. Low. Weiz records 

 it from Okkak, but the record is to be doubted. Cooke says that the 

 Greater Snow Goose "is enormously abundant on both the eastern 

 and western shores of Hudson Bay during spring migration." 



Chen caerulescens (Linn.). 

 Blue Goose; "Blue Wavy." 



Common transient visitor on east coast of Hudson Bay; said to 

 breed in northern Labrador. 



Nothing is known in a definite way of the breeding of this species 

 in Labrador. George Barnston ('61), formerly of the Hudson's 

 Bay company, has given an account of the geese as observed by him 

 in the southern portion of Hudson Bay. He states that the Blue 

 Geese are found mostly on the east (Labrador) side of Hudson Bay 

 in both spring and fall migrations, and comparatively few are to be 

 observed on the southwest shores. Rae (Can. rec. sci., vol. 3, 1888, 

 p. 136) corroborates this statement. 



