AnnotAtkd List of Species AQ 



The Lesser Snow Goose is said to be a rare or casual visitant 

 in autumn, and has been once shot in July in Boston Harbour, 

 according to Samuels. 



(July); October 15 to November 21. 



Cohasset : " Occasional in autumn." Springfield : " Rare or accidental." 

 Two instances. 



116. Anser albifrons gambeli (Hartl.) . American White- 

 fronted Goose. 



Formerly an uncommon spring and autumn migrant. The 

 definite records are : Quincy, a male is recorded having been 

 shot and presented to the Boston Society of Natural History ;i 

 Plymouth, an adult male was shot November 26, 1897, by Mr. 

 Paul W. Gilford. This specimen is now in the collection of Mr. 

 William Brewster.^ 



117. Branta canadensis (Linn.) . Canada Goose. 



A common spring and autumn migrant. Tt formerly bred in the 

 eastern part of the State according to Audubon, and a nest is said 

 to have been taken in Lexington in April, 1888.3 



(January 26), March 10 to May 14; (August 3) September 28 

 to December 30. 



Amherst: "Common in spring and fall." Berkshire: "Common 

 ■spring and autumn visitant." Bristol County : " Common transient visitor." 

 Brookline : "A not uncommon migrant." Cambridge: Common 

 ■transient visitant. Cohasset: "Numerous in autumn, common in 

 spring." Dedham : " Often seen flying over during the migrations." 

 Essex County : " April and October. Common." Ipswich : " Not un- 

 common transient visitant." Nantucket: "Not uncommon." Spring- 

 field : " Common spring and autumn migrant." Templeton : " Common 

 migrant." Wellesley : " Common migrant." 



Note : Branta canadensis hutchinsii fRich.). Hxjtchin's Goose. 



Perhaps formerly an irregular spring and autumn migrant. According 

 to Brewer it was abundant in the winter of 1836-37. There are, how- 

 ever, no recent records, and as many small Canada Geese (^Branta cana- 

 densis) have been identified as B. c. hutchinsii, we prefer to leave this 

 species unenumerated until a definite, well authenticated record can be 

 cited. 



' Cabot; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hi^t., Vol. Ill, £851, p. 136. 

 'Brewster; Auk, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Apr., igoi,pp. 135, 136. 

 3 O. & O., Vol. XIV, No. I, Jan., 1889, p. 14. 



