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320 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
which was duly forwarded to Washington. Bare i n northern
B r i t i s h Columbia. In his valuable " Catalogue of Canadian
B i r d s , " Professor Macoun has made no reference to the
following Anderson note: " A male bird of this species was
shot at Fort Anderson on 25th May, 1865, where it is by
far the least abundant of the genus during the spring migration.
The Eskimo assured us that it d i d not breed i n Liverpool
Bay, and it may therefore do so, along with the great
bulk of the two larger species, on the extensive islands l y i ng
to the north and north- east of the American continent." I
have always regretted that I was unable, owing to the abandonment
of the post, summer 1866, to carry out my intention
of devoting at least two seasons to a personal exploration of
the breeding- grounds of this and some other birds which are
believed to resort to Liverpool Bay and the " Eskimo Lakes,"
and thence also to the delta of the Mackenzie R i v e r . At
Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca, however, Ross's goose is the
last to arrive i n spring, but is among the first to return in
the autumn. At Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, M r .
Ross states that it comes second there.
According to Cassin, this is the " horned wavey " described
by Samuel Hearne, in 1795, as follows: " T h is
species is very scarce at Churchill River, and I believe i t is
never found at any of the southern settlements; but about
two or three hundred miles to the north- west of Churchill
I ha\ e seen them i n as large flocks as the common wavey
or snow goose." Professor Macoun remarks that " nothing
more was heard of this species until M r . Robert Kennicott
and M r . Bernard R . Ross, of the Hudson's B a y Company,
sent specimens taken on Great Slave Lake to the
Smithsonian Institution, and M r . Cassin recognized it as
a new species, and named it after M r . Ross." Mr. F a n n in
states that i t has been taken at the Fraser River, and also on
Shuswap Lake, and on Kuper Island, B . C , but he was
inclined to think that its occurrence there was rare. The
Ottawa Museum holds but one specimen ( and no eggs), procured
at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay, by Dr. R . B e l l!
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| OCR | 320 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN which was duly forwarded to Washington. Bare i n northern B r i t i s h Columbia. In his valuable " Catalogue of Canadian B i r d s , " Professor Macoun has made no reference to the following Anderson note: " A male bird of this species was shot at Fort Anderson on 25th May, 1865, where it is by far the least abundant of the genus during the spring migration. The Eskimo assured us that it d i d not breed i n Liverpool Bay, and it may therefore do so, along with the great bulk of the two larger species, on the extensive islands l y i ng to the north and north- east of the American continent." I have always regretted that I was unable, owing to the abandonment of the post, summer 1866, to carry out my intention of devoting at least two seasons to a personal exploration of the breeding- grounds of this and some other birds which are believed to resort to Liverpool Bay and the " Eskimo Lakes," and thence also to the delta of the Mackenzie R i v e r . At Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca, however, Ross's goose is the last to arrive i n spring, but is among the first to return in the autumn. At Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, M r . Ross states that it comes second there. According to Cassin, this is the " horned wavey " described by Samuel Hearne, in 1795, as follows: " T h is species is very scarce at Churchill River, and I believe i t is never found at any of the southern settlements; but about two or three hundred miles to the north- west of Churchill I ha\ e seen them i n as large flocks as the common wavey or snow goose." Professor Macoun remarks that " nothing more was heard of this species until M r . Robert Kennicott and M r . Bernard R . Ross, of the Hudson's B a y Company, sent specimens taken on Great Slave Lake to the Smithsonian Institution, and M r . Cassin recognized it as a new species, and named it after M r . Ross." Mr. F a n n in states that i t has been taken at the Fraser River, and also on Shuswap Lake, and on Kuper Island, B . C , but he was inclined to think that its occurrence there was rare. The Ottawa Museum holds but one specimen ( and no eggs), procured at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay, by Dr. R . B e l l! |
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