﻿ROSS 
  SNOW 
  GOOSE. 
  69 
  

  

  rarely 
  or 
  casually 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  in 
  the 
  Bahamas 
  (Inagua), 
  Cuba, 
  

   Florida 
  (Tortugas); 
  North 
  Carolina 
  (near 
  Fort 
  Macon); 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   (near 
  Pittsburg, 
  1887): 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  New 
  York 
  (Shinnecock 
  Bay, 
  Long 
  

   Island); 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  (Newport, 
  October 
  16, 
  1892); 
  Massachusetts 
  

   (Gloucester, 
  October 
  20, 
  1876); 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  (Lake 
  ITmbagog, 
  

   October 
  2, 
  1896); 
  Ohio 
  (Oberlin, 
  October 
  28, 
  1896; 
  Columbus, 
  October 
  

   28, 
  1876); 
  Ontario 
  (Ottawa, 
  October 
  11, 
  1886; 
  Gravenhurst, 
  1886). 
  

   Apparently 
  the 
  only 
  record 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  

   two 
  taken 
  near 
  Stockton, 
  CaL, 
  about 
  February 
  1, 
  1892. 
  

  

  Spring 
  migration. 
  — 
  Not 
  many 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  migration 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   are 
  available. 
  The 
  few 
  records 
  indicate 
  that 
  the 
  van 
  moves 
  across 
  the 
  

   central 
  Mississippi 
  Valley 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  half 
  of 
  March 
  and 
  crosses 
  

   to 
  Manitoba 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  April 
  or 
  early 
  May. 
  

  

  The 
  blue 
  goose 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  exceptional 
  in 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  its 
  migra- 
  

   tion 
  route. 
  The 
  general 
  trend 
  of 
  migration 
  among 
  waterfowl 
  in 
  North 
  

   America 
  is 
  northwest 
  and 
  southeast. 
  The 
  blue 
  goose 
  apparently 
  breeds 
  

   entirely 
  east 
  of 
  Hudson 
  Ba}^ 
  and 
  winters 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  west 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mississippi 
  River, 
  so 
  that 
  its 
  spring 
  migration 
  flight 
  is 
  toward 
  the 
  

   northeast, 
  across 
  at 
  least 
  20 
  degrees 
  of 
  longitude. 
  At 
  this 
  season 
  the 
  

   large 
  flocks 
  pass 
  north 
  along 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  James 
  Bay, 
  these 
  

   flocks 
  occasionally 
  containing 
  a 
  few 
  snow 
  geese; 
  while 
  the 
  enormous 
  

   flocks 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  that 
  migrate 
  north 
  along 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  James 
  

   Bay 
  are 
  accompanied 
  b}^ 
  a 
  few 
  blue 
  geese. 
  

  

  Fall 
  migration. 
  — 
  The 
  above 
  dates 
  of 
  occurrences 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  

   normal 
  range 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  fall 
  migration 
  is 
  chiefly 
  southward 
  across 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  October. 
  

  

  Chen 
  rossii 
  (Cassin). 
  Ross 
  Snow 
  Goose. 
  

  

  Breeding 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  nest 
  and 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  goose 
  are 
  still 
  unknown, 
  

   and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  summer 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  The 
  westernmost 
  

   arctic 
  locality 
  known 
  is 
  Fort 
  Anderson, 
  and 
  it 
  ranges 
  thence 
  east 
  to 
  

   Hudson 
  Bay. 
  It 
  is 
  rare 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  extremes, 
  and 
  the, 
  natural 
  

   supposition 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  are 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   vening 
  district, 
  that 
  is, 
  between 
  the 
  meridians 
  of 
  100° 
  and 
  120° 
  west 
  

   longitude. 
  Observations 
  on 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  

   several 
  observers, 
  but 
  they 
  seem 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  distinguished 
  this 
  small 
  

   white 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  larger 
  snow 
  goose. 
  

  

  Winter 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  present 
  known 
  winter 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  Ross 
  goose 
  

   is 
  California, 
  where 
  it 
  occurs 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  south 
  to 
  Orange 
  County 
  

   (Newport), 
  and 
  north 
  to 
  Stockton 
  and 
  the 
  San 
  Joaquin 
  Valley. 
  One 
  

   was 
  taken 
  at 
  Comox, 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  January, 
  1894, 
  but 
  this 
  occur- 
  

   rence 
  was 
  probably 
  accidental. 
  A 
  pair 
  was 
  seen 
  and 
  one 
  taken 
  at 
  

   Bustillos 
  Lake, 
  Chihuahua, 
  also 
  probably 
  accidental. 
  

  

  Migration 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  path 
  of 
  migration 
  of 
  this 
  goose 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  

   different 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fair 
  presumption 
  that 
  

  

  