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LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS — ANSERES. 
saw many of this species in November on the Truckee meadows, where it is a fall 
and winter visitant. 
This species is of irregular occurrence on the Atlantic coast. At some seasons it 
has been found not uncommon in the vicinity of Boston ; and numbers have been 
brought to market from the Cape. On the eastern extremity of Long Island, accord- 
ing to Dr. Giraud, it is also not uncommon. It is well known to hunters as the 
“ Mud Goose ” at Montauk Point, where it is frequently observed in company with 
the canadensis. The sportsmen of the south side of Long Island are not acquainted 
with it, although there is no reason to doubt that it is frequently procured there. 
At some seasons it has been known to be quite abundant in the Chesapeake Bay. 
Mr. Dali found this bird to be the most common of all the Geese, both in the 
Alaskan islands and all along the Yukon River as high up as Nulato. It was breed- 
ing on St. Michael’s and Pastolik, as well as on the river. In the latter place it takes 
the place of the leucopareia, which is comparatively rare there. The nests were 
depressions in the sand-beaches, similar to those of the A. Gambeli. It arrives in 
company with the latter species, and leaves about the end of September. The num- 
ber of its eggs varies from six to eight. 
Mr. MacFarlane found it nesting in great numbers on the Lower Anderson, and 
on the shores and islands of the Arctic Sea. Some nests were on low, small islets in 
fresli-water lakes ; these were constructed of a quantity of down placed in a depres- 
sion in the ground. The number of eggs was six. The old birds were generally 
quite tame. Other nests were found on islands in the Anderson River, and also in 
the Arctic Sea. In all instances there was more or less down and feathers, and in 
some cases these were mingled with dry grasses or leaves. In one instance four eggs 
of this species were found in the deserted nest of a Crow or Hawk, built on the fork 
of a pine-tree, and at the height of nine feet. The parent bird was shot while on her 
eggs. The ground in the vicinity was at that time covered with snow and water, and 
this was probably the reason the bird nested in so unusual a place. 
Mr. Adams notes the arrival of these birds on the shores of Norton Sound on the 
8tli of May; and a considerable number remained to breed in the marshes. They 
came in small flocks as well as by twos and threes, and were all in good condition, 
but varying greatly in their weight — one being less than three pounds in weight, 
while others were nearly six. They were not numerous in the immediate vicinity of 
Michalaski, the greater number remaining in the marshes thirty miles south. 
Specimens of this Goose were secured by Mr. Kennicott at Fort Resolution and 
Fort Yukon, in May, 1860; by Mr. B. R. Ross at Big Island and Fort Simpson; by 
Mr. MacFarlane on the Anderson, on islands m the Arctic Sea east of that river, also 
in Franklin Bay and at other points in that region. 
The eggs of Hutchins’s Goose are of a dull ivory-white color, and oval in shape. 
Two from Fort Yukon (Smithsonian Institution, No. 14583) measure, one 3.00 inches 
in length by 2.00 in breadth, the other 2.95 inches in length by 2.05 in breadth. 
Bernicla leucopareia. 
The form known as Bernicla leucopareia was first described by Brandt, in 1836, 
and afterward by Professor Baird from a specimen obtained in Puget Sound by Dr. 
Suckley, in January. Mr. R. Browne claims to have obtained this bird on Vancouver 
Island, and mentions it as common there. Mr. Kennicott procured specimens of this 
form on the Yukon, but noted nothing specifically distinct as to its habits. Mr. 
Bannister speaks of it as common in the early spring at St. Michael’s ; and Mr. Dali 
cites it as abundant on the sea-coast, near the mouth of the River Yukon, where it 
