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at lake Kennedy [Nettilling lake], where they drive them towards the sea- 
coast while they are in the moult.” In this supposition Kumlien has 
erred, as the snow goose is the common goose at Nettilling lake. 
The white-fronted goose was not noted by Hantzsch or the writer. 
A goose skin taken by Eskimo at Nunatuk, Issortukdjuak fiord, and seen 
at Pangnirtung fiord, autumn of 1925, probably is of this species. 
40. Branta canadensis (Linnaeus). Canada goose. 
Eskimo: Nerdlek, -ak, -at , according to Hantzsch. 
At Nettilling lake on May 29, 1925, a large flock of geese flying north- 
ward were seen by an Eskimo companion who said the birds were not 
snow geese but another darker goose. They are tentatively referred to 
the present species. 
On June 5 and 6, 1926, numerous flocks of dark geese passed over 
cape Dorset. Most of them were too far away for identification, but 
they are thought to have been Canada geese. Some flocks were partly 
snow geese and in such cases the accompanying dark geese may have 
been blue geese. On June 5, a pair of geese, evidently mates, flew past 
at close range, and were positively identified as the Canada geese. Nearly 
all the geese in this stream of migration were flying at altitudes of from 
2,000 to 3,000 feet. One flock passed north, barely clearing the lower 
hills 100 to 200 feet high. As it was evening these birds were probably 
looking for a place to feed. 
No specimens were secured until June 13, when an Eskimo brought 
a pair of small Canada geese shot on an island a few miles east of cape 
Dorset. Because of their small size, they were referred to hutchinsi. The 
Canada geese observed earlier in June were probably this race. 
On July 7 a pair of these small Canada geese were found nesting on 
an island a few miles northeast of cape Dorset, but only the male was 
secured. The nest was on a little point in an upland pond, and was con- 
structed of bits of moss and grass and lined with down and short feathers. 
The six eggs were about two-thirds incubated. On the following day, 
in the same locality, another nest was found, and the female, which was 
small and apparently referable to hutchinsi , was collected. This nest was 
built on the top of a moss and grass-covered rock in an upland pond about 
15 yards from the shore. The three eggs were almost on the point of 
hatching, judging from the appearance of the embryos. 
While at the Aitken lakes west of cape Dorset, on July 19, 1926, a 
pair of these small geese, accompanied by five downy young only two or 
three days old, were seen. The young were a bright, lemon colour with 
clouds of smoky grey over the back and head. The adult male (specimen 
No. 21108) was collected and proved to be even smaller than the others 
catalogued as hutchinsi. 
Kumlien (1879, p. 88) procured a specimen in Kingwah fiord on June 
10, 1878, which he lists as hutchinsi. The Eskimo who killed the bird 
said he had seen many southward of Nugumeute, Cumberland sound. 
Branta canadensis hutchinsi (Rich.) appears in Hantzsch’s (1914, p. 149) 
list, but no specimens were taken. Low (1906, p. 317) states that hutchinsi 
is common about Fullerton in the spring, and has been found breeding on 
Southampton island, in company with the lesser snow goose, at the end of 
June. 
