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is rare. It is a regular summer resident in the interior of British 

 Columbia, having been found breeding in the lakes along the 

 Cariboo road by Fannin in 1891. Brooks says it is a rare autumn 

 visitor in the Lower Fraser valley. 



Breeding Notes. — Breeds on Lake Manitoba, and on Buffalo 

 Lake, Burnt Lake and many others in Alberta. On June 14th, 

 1896, took a nest with two eggs and one egg of the Canvas-back. 

 {Dippie.) I have never found the nests of this species except in 

 reeds and tall grass growing in water on the margin of lakes and 

 sloughs. Nest rather bulky, made of grass. Saw a female 

 with four young, about a week old, on June 21st, 1896, in North- 

 ern Labrador. This species was found breeding sparingly from 

 Richmond Gulf to Ungava {Spreadborough.) I found this species 

 breeding on Shoal Lake, Manitoba, June 8th, 1894. (Raine^ 



This species lays a beautiful, and for the size of the duck, a 

 large egg, and lays a great number, unless two or more lay in the 

 same nest, which is probably the case. It was common in 1894 

 at Crane Lake. The nest was usually amongst " cat-tails " 

 {Typha latifolia), while the Scaups and Red-heads preferred to 

 breed among rushes {Scirpus lactistris.) One nest was taken con- 

 taining seventeen fresh eggs, fourteen of which belonged to the 

 Ruddy Duck, two to the Canvas-back and one to the Red-head. 

 Bluish-green and creamy white eggs in the same nest made quite 

 a contrast. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two taken on the Toronto marsh by Mr. S. Herring. Eight 

 eggs taken at Crane Lake, Assa., June 15th, 1894. 



LXIV. CHEN BoiE. 1822. 



169. Lesser Snow Goose. 



Chen hyperborea (Pall.) Boie. 1822. 



This handsome goose is uncommon on the coast of Norton 

 Sound and about the Yukon mouth. It arrives in spring, between 

 the 5th and 15th of May, according to the season, and after 

 remaining a short time passes north. {Nelson.) This species 

 occurs only sparingly in the vicinity of St. Michael, and remains 

 but a few days till it goes farther north. I am not aware that it 

 breeds south of the arctic circle. {Turner.) All the Snow Geese 

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