190S.] 



BIRDS. 



305 



we were descending the Mackenzie in Jiuie small flocks referred to 

 this form were seen near Koche Trempe-l'eau June 8, and near Sans 

 Sank Rapid June 19. 



From information mainly compiled from the journals of the 

 traders Richardson gave the approximate dates of the arrival of 

 this species at several points in the region as follows: Athabaska 

 Lake, April 20 to 25 ; Great Slave Lake, May 1 to 6 ; Fort Enterprise, 

 May 12 to 20.*^ Franklin recorded its arrival at Fort Chipewyan on 

 April 8, 1820.^ At Fort Confidence Thomas Simpson noted the first 

 Canada goose May 15, 1838,^ while during the previous autumn the 

 species had been last seen at the same place on September 25.^ Re- 

 ferring mainly to this form, Richardson says : " The most northern 

 localities in which we observed them were the channels between the 

 alluvial islands which form the delta of the Mackenzie."' ^ In the 

 following spring (184:9) he observed the first one near Fort Franklin 

 on May ll.'^ Kennicott took its eggs at Fort Resolution May 19, 

 1860.^^ Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway state that it was found breeding 

 at Fort Resolution. Fort Rae. Fort Simpson, and among the moun- 

 tains west of the lower Mackenzie.'' MacFarlane speaks of it as 

 follows : 



This well-known goose breeds throughout the entire wooded region of the 

 Mackenzie Basin. Nests were discovered in the vicinity of Fort Anderson and 

 to the borders of the forest on the east and west sides of the river of that name, 

 but none were met with in the Barrens proper, nor on the Arctic coast. Sev- 

 eral deserted hawks' nests on trees were found occupied by incubating female 

 birds of this species.^" 



In notes sent to Professor Baird. MacFarlane noted its arrival at 

 Fort Anderson on May 15, 1864, and May IT, 1865. At Fort Simpson 

 McConnell noted its arrival on May 1. 1888.^' Russell gives the dates 

 of arrival at Fort Simpson from 1881 to 1894 (inclusive, excepting 

 1891). The aA'erage date is April 28.'" Macoun states that Spread- 

 borough found the species breeding at Henry House, Athabaska Pass, 

 in 1898.' J. Alden Loring reported seeing several flocks on Fishing 

 Lake, near Jasper House. Alberta, in the early autumn of 1895. In 

 1896 he saw a pair at ^Miitemud Lake, about 135 miles west of Ed- 



Appendix Parry's Second Voyage, p. 363, 1825 (1827). 

 ^ Narrative Journey to Polar Sea, p. 144, 1823. 

 ^ Narrative DiscoA'eries on North Coast of America, ]>. 241, 1843, 

 ^ Ibid., p. 108, 1843. 



^ Arctic Searching Expedition, I, p. 320, 1851. 

 . f Ibid., II, p. 106, 1851. 



Trans. Chicago Acad. Sci., I, p. 171, 1869. 

 ^ Water Birds N. A., I, p. 464, 1884. 

 * Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI Y, p. 424, 1891. 

 •'Ann. Kept. Can. Geol. Surv.. lY (new ser.), p. 86D, 1891. 

 ^ Expl. in Far North, p. 258, 1898. 

 ' Cat. Canadian Birds, Part I, p. 118, 1900. 



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