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to bear them, and the young ones though nearly full grown, had not 
yet learned to fly.” 
On August IS, 1902, Hubbard and Wallace, on their unsuccess¬ 
ful attempt to find Lake Michikamau observed two young geese 
unable to fly. On September 24th, they saw geese flying south. 
Air. Goldsby, one of the Aloravians at Hopedale, told us that this 
goose breeds in the inlets near the Alission and lays its eggs about the 
first week in June, or even during the last of Alay. At this time the 
men go on dog sledges to obtain the eggs. In the middle and latter 
part of July the Aloravians catch the young geese and fatten them for 
Christmas. 
Branta bernicla glaucogastra (Brehm). 
White-bellied Brant. 
Rare transient visitor. 
The Brant breeds far to the north of Labrador and is apparently 
but rarely seen there during the migrations. Stearns observed it 
on the southern coast. Turner saw it only in the spring at Fort 
Chimo. Low says it is very rare in the interior; a sick bird was 
killed at Lake Mistassini on July 2d. Bigelow says it is reported as 
very rare. He obtained a specimen from Dr. Grenfell that was shot 
at Nain in October, 1899. In Hudson Bay also Bell states that it is 
very rare. 
[Branta leucopsis (Bechst.). Barnacle Goose. — This is recorded by 
Weiz at Okkak, but the record is open to doubt for Weiz reported many 
Old World birds there, perhaps because he was more familiar with their names. 
There is no reason, however, why a straggler should not be taken there, and 
Cooke (’06, p. 82) accepts the record.] 
Olor columbianus (Ord). 
Whistling Swan. 
Very rare summer resident in the northwest part. 
Packard says it is “an occasional straggler over the southern por¬ 
tions only of Labrador.” Weiz records it from Okkak. Robert 
Bell says: “The Whistling Swan breeds near Churchill and on the 
islands towards the eastern side of Hudson’s Bay. Their skins con¬ 
stitute an article of trade, but only a small number of them are col¬ 
lected annually.” 
