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rarely or casually t<> the eastward in the Bahamas (Inagua), Cuba, 
Florida (Tortugas); North Carolina (near Fort Macon); Pennsylvania 
(near Pittsburg, l ss 7i: New Jersey, New York (Shinnecock Bay, Long 
Island); Rhode Island (Newport. October L6, L892); Massachusetts 
(Gloucester, October 20, l s 7«'»); New Hampshire (Lake LTmbaj 
October 2, L896); Ohio (Oberlin, October 28, L896; Columbus, October 
28, 1876); Ontario (Ottawa. October 11. L886; Gravenhurst, L886). 
Apparently the only record west of the Rocky Mountains is thai of 
two taken near Stockton. Oak, about February 1. 1 892. 
Spring migration. Not many aoteson the migration of this species 
are available. The few records indicate that the van moves aero-- the 
central Mississippi Valley during the latter half of March and crosses 
to Manitoba the la<t of April or early May. 
The blue goose seems to be exceptional in the -election of its migra- 
tion route. The general trend of migration among waterfowl in North 
America is northwest and southeast. The blue goose apparently breeds 
entirely east of Hudson Ray and winters for the most part west of 
the Mississippi River, so that its spring migration flight is toward the 
northeast, across at least 20 degrees of longitude. At this season the 
large flocks pass north along the eastern side of James Bay, these 
flocks occasionally containing a few snow geese; while the enormous 
flocks of the latter that migrate north along the west side of James 
Bay are accompanied by a few blue geese. 
FaU migration, — The above dates of occurrences outside of the 
normal range show that the fall migration is chiefly southward across 
the eastern United States and that it occurs in October. 
Chen rossii (Casein). Ross Snow Goose. 
Breeding range, — The nest and eg^ of this goose are still unknown, 
and there is no summer record of the species. The westernmost 
arctic locality known is Fort Anderson, and it ranges thence east to 
Hudson Bay. It is rare at each of these extremes, and the natural 
supposition is that the breeding grounds are to the norfh of the inter- 
vening district, that is, between the meridians of 100 : and 12<> west 
longitude. Observations on the birds of this region have been made by 
several observers, but they seem not to have distinguished this small 
white species from the larger snow goose. 
Winter range, — The present known winter home of the Ross goose 
is California, where it occurs along the coast south to Orange County 
(Newport), and north to Stockton and the San Joaquin Valley. One 
was taken at Comox, British Columbia, January, 1894, but this occur- 
rence was probably accidental. A pair was seen and one taken at 
Bustillos Lake. Chihuahua, also probably accidental. 
Migration range. The path of migration of this goose seems to be 
different from that of any other species. It is a fair presumption that 
