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all the varieties of ducks, which frequent the waters in the neigh- 
head, some forty miles north of us, and for a considerable distance 
below us, is very nearly fresh, being very slightly brackish, and is 
avery ars filled with a species of grass, which serves as food for 
the birds, and for which they seem to have a great fondness. 
They begin to congregate the last of September, and remain, 
usually, from the first to the middle of March, oe generally 
the finest kind of shooting during the whole interv 
E. Wane, >I j 
The first announcement of the occurrence of this goose in North 
America, was made by Prof. Baird, in the NaruraLrist for 1868 
(Vol. II, p. 49). A specimen was received at the Smithsonian 
Institution, from Mr. B. R. Ross, who obtained it in the Hudson’s 
Bay region. Its acquisition was considered by Prof. Baird a_ 
most important one, as thereby its claim to be considered Ameri- 
can was fully established. A second specimen now having been 
procured on the Atlantic coast, thus bringing it within the limits 
of the United States, it is deemed worthy of record. 
SOME RELICS OF THE INDIANS OF VERMONT. 
BY GEORGE H. PERKINS, PH.D. 
TuHovucH more rarely found now, Indian relics were formerly 
very abundant in many parts of Vermont. Especially favored in 
this respect are the borders of streams emptying into Lake 
Champlain, and the higher lands near by, as well as the shores of 
the lake and its islands. In a few localities the number of do- 
mestic implements found indicate the site of a village, or at least 
of a frequently occupied camping ground. Near some of these, 
burying grounds have been found, in which the dead were placed 
in a sitting posture according to the Indian custom 
Remains of ancient fortifications have been fonital near which 
multitudes of flint stones and arrow and spearpoints strewed the 
ground. ‘Here and there the number of unfinished articles, as well 
as the trimmings of stone, show where „they were manufactured. 
