Todd : Birds of Erie and Presque Isle. 529 



1898. On April 30, 1889, I saw a flock of a dozen Geese, and on 

 May 1, 1902, a single pair ; I consider both of these very late records. 

 A flock of about fifty was noted October 20, 1899, which is perhaps a 

 fair average date for the arrival of the species in the fall." During 

 the season of 1900 it was observed as a not uncommon transient, but 

 was not seen to alight, the flocks passing over well out of gunshot. 

 The first spring record was for March 29, when a flock of a dozen 

 birds was noted, and another flock of the same size was seen April^,. 

 On the return of the species in the fall October 26 and 27 were 

 days of great movement, large flocks passing southward at this time. 

 A single individual was seen flying south November 13. Mr. Simp- 

 son states that several flocks were seen passing over November 22, 

 1902, while during the big blow of April 26, 1902, five individuals 

 were observed. 



\_Branta canadensis hictchinsii. Hutchins' Goose. 



This form resembles the Canada Goose in color, but is smaller. Dr. J. M. Whea- 

 ton records it from Sandusky Bay on the authority of Mr. R. K. Winslow {Birds of 

 Ohio, 1882, S 22 ), and it may occur occasionally with the larger form at Erie also, 

 although specimens would be required to settle the matter beyond dispute. 



Branta bernicla glaucogastra. Brant. 



Essentially a marine species, rare in the interior. The Ohio records cited by Dr. 

 J. M. Wheaton {Birds of Ohio, 1882, 520) are admitted by him to be rather 

 unsatisfactory. However, it is apt to occur along Lake Erie as a rare or accidental 

 visitor. ] 



43. Olor columbianus. Whistling Swan. 



A rather rare and irregular spring and fall visitant. Mr. Bacon saw 

 one individual on the bay March 11, 1897. Two were killed in 1901, 

 one in the spring (April?), and another (an immature bird) in No- 

 vember, which latter bird is now in the Carnegie Museum. A flock 

 of about twenty was reported by Mr. Faulkner G. Lynch to have been 

 seen on November 16 of the same year. Mr. Simpson writes that or 

 November 19, 1902, he saw a party of four flying down the bay early 

 in the morning. The latest record is of an adult in full plumage shot 

 by a gunner on March 30, 1904. 



[ Olor buccinator. Trumpeter Swan. 



This swan may be of casual occurrence here as elsewhere in the Eastern United 

 States. There are some Ohio records (Wheaton, Birds of Ohio, 1882, 516; 

 Jones, Birds of Ohio, 1903, 51). It could not readily be distinguished from the 

 other species in life, and any records of its occurrence must rest upon specimens. ] 



