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slightly rugose, with longitudinal sulcations, little if any more distinct than in C. hyperboreus. (See 
accompanying cuts.) 
Specimen No. 41705, from Great Slave Lake, probably an immature individual, is exceptional 
in having the secondary quills deep black, tipped with white, the plumage of the nape and anal 
region slightly verging toward ashy, the nail of 
the bill black, tipped with white. In all other 
respects than those mentioned, the appearance is 
that of an adult bird ; and these differences would 
seem to indicate a rather different transition plu- 
mage from youth to maturity than in the A. hyper- 
boreus. 
Hearne, in his “Journey to the Northern 
Ocean,” refers to a small Goose which was 
undoubtedly this species. He calls it the 
“Horned Wavey,” probably from the carun- 
cles at the base of the bill ; and he describes 
it as follows : “ This delicate and diminutive 
species of the Goose is not much larger than 
the Mallard Duck. Its plumage is deli- 
cately white, except the quill-feathers, which 
are black. The bill is not more than an inch 
long, and at the base is studded round with 
little knobs about the size of peas, but more 
remarkably so in the male. Both the bill 
and the feet are of the same color with those 
of the Snow Goose. This species is very 
scarce at Churchill River, and I believe are 
never found at any of the southern settle- 
ments ; but about two or three hundred miles to the northwest of Churchill I have 
seen them in as large flocks as the Common Wavey or Snow Goose. The flesh of this 
is exceedingly delicate, but they are so small that when I was on my journey to the 
north I ate two of them one night for supper.” Hearne adds that this species was 
not described by Pennant in his “Arctic Zoology ” — probably for the reason that the 
person who presided at Fort Prince of Wales at the time the collection was making, 
did not pay any attention to its completeness. According to Hearne, the Indians had 
never met with any of the eggs of this species, and he conjectured that these birds 
retired to North Greenland to breed. Their route in the fall of the year, as they 
