120 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



i'r2a. Hutcliin's Goose. 



Branta canadensis hutchinsii i^ics..") Coues. 1872. 



This species, in company with the Brant and Snowy Goose, 

 arrived in great numbers on Prince of Wales Sound, Hudson 

 Strait, September 6th, 1885, but was gone in a few days. {Payne. 



Common in spring and fall in Manitoba. (Seton-Thompson.') 

 First seen in small flocks at Deep Lake, Indian Head, Assa., April 

 29th ; it never became common and all were gone by May isth. 

 (Spreadborough.) This species is very common in Alaska, breed- 

 ing abundantly in the Yukon Delta and northward. Fannin and 

 Brooks report it as an abundant spring and fall migrant, wintering 

 on the coast of British Columbia. The former claims it as a resi- 

 dent, and if so it breeds. 



This species is very common around the shores and on the 

 islands of the Arctic Sea, and does not frequent the fresh-water 

 lakes of the interior in summer. {Richardson^ 



Breeding Notes. — Over fifty nests of this species were found 

 on the Lower Anderson River as well as on the shores and islands 

 of the Arctic Sea ; almost all were placed on the earth and com- 

 posed of dry hay, feathers and down. The usual number of eggs 

 was six. {Macfarlane.) 



Dall says they choose, in Alaska, the hill-tops for their breeding 

 places. He secured eggs on June 15th and the unfledged young 

 July loth. The nesting-habits, notes, and general mode of life of 

 Hutchin's Goose are identical with those of B. minima, so they 

 need not be specially referred to here. {Nelson.) 



MUSEUM specimens. 



Two, procured by Dr. R. Bell at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. 

 One egg obtained in Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay. 



M'ib. White-cheeked Goose. 



Branta canadensis occidentcdis (Baird) Ridgw. 1885. 



During my residence on the coast of Behring Sea this bird was 

 not seen and as hundreds of the two other related species were 

 examined both at St. Michael and the Yukon mouth, it appears 

 evident that it is found in Alaska as a straggler or not at all. 



