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Branta leucopsis (Bechst.). Barnacle Goose. 



Said by Eichardson to be rare and accidental in Hudson Ba}'." A 

 specimen in the U. S. National Museum collection was obtained near 

 Rupert House, James Bay, by Bernard R. Ross/ 



Olor columbianus (Ord). Whistling Swan. 



Whistling swans visit the western shores of Hudson Bay in great 

 numbers in the spring and fall, and their assembled thousands are^said 

 to present a beautiful and imposing spectacle during their semiannual 

 visits. The broad expanse of Churchill River near its mouth is a 

 favorite place of resort. A specimen collected at Fort Churchill and 

 presented by J. R. Spencer is recorded by Dr. Robert Bell,'' who also 

 states that the species breeds on Nottingham Island, Hudson Bay.'^ 



Olor buccinator (Rich.). Trumpeter Swan. 



Richardson describes a specimen killed on Hudson Bay.^ Barnston 

 speaks of the breeding of swans near Eastmain Fort, on James Bay, 

 and of eggs being brought to him from a nest on the banks of a lake 

 near Norway House.-'' His remarks probably refer to this species, as 

 it has a more southern breeding range, especially in the interior, than 

 0. colurnhianus. 



Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.). Bittern. 



We saw several flying over the marsh at the mouth of Red River 

 June 15, heard the notes of one near Norway House June 19, and saw 

 one near Sea Falls June 23. At Beacon Point, near York Factory, I 

 started one from the marsh Julj' 13. On our return trip we saw sev- 

 eral near Oxford House September 10, and on the Echimamish Sep- 

 tember 15. 



The species is recorded from Severn River by Forster,"' and from 

 Fort Churchill by Clarke.'' 



Ardetta exilis (Gmel.). Least Bittern. 



Under the name Botaiiruii miiwr Dr. Robert Bell records this species 

 from York Factory,* and later saj's, ' ' Of the least Bittern {Ardetta 

 exilis Gray) I have specimens from Manitoba and York Factory."-' It 

 has been taken near Winnipeg, but can scarcelj^ reach Keewatin except 

 as a straggler. 



"Appendix to Parry's Second Voyage, p. 364, 1825 (1827). 



* Baird, Brewer, and Eidgway, Water Birds of North America, I, p. 475, 1884. 



cRept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1878-79, App. VI, p. 70c (1880). 



f^Rept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1882-3-i, p. 30DD (1885). 



« Fauna Boreali- Americana, II, p. 464, 1831. 



/Ibis, II, p. 253, 1860. 



(/Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 401, 1772. 



ft Auk, VII, p. 320, 1890. 



«Eept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1878-79, App. VI, p. 68c (1880). 



.yProc. Royal Soc. Canada, 1882, I, Sec. IV, p. 51 (1883). 



