October, 1919 
567 
FOREST AND STREA:NI 
Greater Snow Goose 
{Chen hyperboreus nivalis) 
I was much pleased with the way the 
morning^’s shooting had started and 
looked forward to making a good bag 
of birds. But I did not get another 
shot. I waited long and patiently, but 
not another brant came to the sand bar. 
Although a little water was in the 
box, the rubber sheet had kept me dry. 
But later on, with the rising of the 
tide, the water began to trickle rapidly 
in through the cracks. Things became 
decidedly uncomfortable, to say the 
least. I signalled to the bajunan and he 
came to my rescue. 
S TILL determined to get more brant 
shooting if possible, I suggested that 
we go again to the bar nex^ morning. 
My guide, always an.xious to make my 
gunning trips with him pleasant and 
successful ones, was glad enough to go, 
but he remarked that he had an idea 
that the brant knew when I was on the 
bar and that I would not get much shoot- 
ing. However, we started, and after the 
long row we reached the bar as ebb tide 
was uncovering the sand. I concealed i 
mj'self in the box and the bayman rowed 
away with the boats. 
I had not been long alone when, ex- 
actly as on the day before, a single 
brant showed himself to the north. He 
came on and made several circles about 
the bar, as if watchful for hidden dan- 
gers. Finally he flew directly across the ' 
bar. It was an easy shot and, fully 
confident, I led him a little and fired. 
I missed him clean, then missed him 
again with the second shot. I was thor- 
oughly disgusted with myself, but at 
least glad that no one was near to wit- 
ness the bad shooting. 
The brant curved swiftly off and | 
headed up the bay in the direction from 
whence he had come. When that bird 
disappeared from view, I felt misgiv- 
ings. And in this case they were well 
founded, for not another brant came to ' 
the sand bar during the low tide. 
This day had been very much of a 
repetition of the day before, excepting 
that the single brant I had just missed 
played the part of the first flock from 
which I had killed the two birds on the 
first day. I described the experience to 
my guide. He was firmly con\nnced that 
the single brant, the first birds to ap- 
pear on both days, were scouts coming 
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