'■4 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



le sea. They nested most abundantly on the salt-marshes adja- 

 ;nt to their feeding-grounds and their eggs were often placed 

 nong fragments of drift-wood below the mark of the highest 

 des. Stray pairs were found nesting further inland in the marshy 

 eadows also frequented by other species of geese, but on the 

 .It-flats, near tide-water, the Emperor Goose held undisputed 

 jssession. The majority of the nests found contained from 

 iree to five eggs, the full complement ranging from live to 

 ght. As the complement of eggs approached completion the 

 irent made a soft bed of fine grass, leaves, and feathers plucked 

 om her own breast. As a rule, when driven from her eggs, the 

 male flew straight away and alighted at some distance, some- 

 mes half a mile from the nest, showing very little concern. 

 Ve/son.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



One, shot twenty miles south of Kadiak Island, Alaska. 

 LXVIII. OLOR Wagler. 1832. 



). Whooping Swan, 



Olor cygnus (Linn.) Bonaparte. 1856. 

 Occasional in Southern Greenland. {A, 0. U. List.) 



). Whistling Swan. 



Olor columbianus (Ord) Stejn. 1882. 



This species is a rare and accidental visitor along the Atlantic 

 jast from Newfoundland southward. It is not uncommon in 

 le Gulf and River St. Lawrence and is a regular visitor on Lake 

 rie and the Great Lakes generally. Migrants in all parts of 

 [anitoba and westward over the prairie, apparently not breeding 

 )uth of the Arctic circle. 



This species breeds on the coast of the Arctic Sea within the 

 .rctic circle and is seen in the interior only as a migrant. 

 Richardson.) Both Nelson and Turner speak of this bird being 



common species in Alaska. Mr. Turner says it migrates 

 jout the middle of October and at this time the migration is 

 ways to the northward from St. Michael and directed towards 

 le head of Norton Sound. From there it evidently crosses 

 ) the Yukon and passes up it to the Rocky Mountains.. A com- 

 lon migrant in British Columbia, and according to Fannin very 



