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taken at Point Barrow were of this species. They are not at all 

 common, but are occasionally met with during the spring migra- 

 tions. {Murdoch. A winter resident on the coast of British 

 Columbia. Tolerably abundant. During some winters large 

 numbers congregate off the mouth of Fraser River. {Fannin.) 

 The rarest of the geese in the Fraser valley. {Brooks.) Have a 

 specimen shot at Calgary, Alberta, in the spring of 1893. {Dippie.) 



Breeding Notes. — These birds seek a nesting-ground along 

 the course of the Lower Anderson River and the neighbouring 

 region along the arctic coast. {Nelson.) The Eskimos assured 

 us that large numbers of " White Waveys " annually breed on the 

 shores and islands of Esquimaux Lake and Liverpool Bay, but 

 strange to say we never observed any on the Barren Grounds 

 proper or on the shores of Franklin Bay. The Eskimos 

 brought in to Fort Anderson about one hundred eggs, which 

 they claimed to have discovered among the marshy flats and 

 sandy islets on the coasts of Esquimaux Lake. {Macfarlaju.) 



MUSEUM specimen. 



One fine specimen, shot at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, April 

 28th, 1897. 



• i69«. Greater Snow Goose. 



Chen hyperborea nivalis (Forst.) Ridgw. 1884. 



A few young birds are taken occasionally in Greenland, in 

 Newfoundland and Nova Scotia ; accidental in New Brunswick. 

 The same may be said of its occurrence in Quebec and Ontario. 

 A very abundant migrant in Manitoba and eastern Assiniboia 

 in the spring. In the autumn it migrates farther west and goes 

 south, chiefly through Alberta and western Assiniboia. 



Breeding Notes. — The remarks made by me under Chen hyper- 

 borea belong in part to this species, as at the time the eggs were 

 collected the forms were not separated. {Macfarlane) Breeding 

 in immense numbers in the Barren Grounds along the arctic 

 coast. {Richardson.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. . 



One specimen, shot on Black Island. Lake Winnipeg, by Mr. 

 J. B. Tyrrell. A set of three eggs taken on one of the Twin 

 Islands, James Bay in 1898, received from Mr. A. P. Low. 



