286 OBIOINAL ABTICLES.
No. of SpedeB,
Oenus NumeniuB. 185. Numeniui horealis (Lath.) Eskimo Curlew. North to Fort Good Hope : rare.
Iffamily Rallida.
(Sallmffi.) Genus Porzana.
136. Forzana Carolina (Vieill). Common Eail. North to Big-
Island: rare.
Genus Fulica.
137. Fulica amerieana (Gmelin). Coot. Norfch to Fort Simpson :
rather rare.
VI.— Oedeb Natatobes.
(Anseres.)
Family AnaHdae,
(CygninsB.)
G^us Cygnus.
(Olor.)
138. Cygntu amerieanu9[ (Sharp.). American Swan. North to
Arctic coast : not common. tl89. Cygnus huccinator (Richd.). Trumpeter Swan. North to Arctic coast : common.
(AnserinsB.)
G^nus Anser.
(Chen.)
140. Aiuer hyperhoreus^^ (Pallas). Snow Goose. North to Arctic
coast: abundant.
141. Amer albatut (Cass.). North to Fort Besolution. Although
no specimen of this Goose is among our collection I am certain that I have shot it on Slave Lake,
142. Anser Bostii (Baird). Boss's Wavey. North to Fort Beso-
lution. There can be little doubt of the existence of these three species of Snow G^ese (exclusive of the Blue Wavey of Hudson's Bay), as the Slave Lake Indians have a dif- ferent name for each kind. The first which arrives is the middle-sized species which I believe to be the A. albahts; next comes the smallest sort, the A. Fossii; and lastly, the A. hyperhoreus, which arrives when the trees are in leaf, and is called the Tellow Wavey by the Indians. (Anser.) 143 Anser Oambelii (Hart.;. White-fronted Gt)ose. North to Arctic coast : common.
G^nus Bemicla. tl44. Bemicla canadensis (Boie). Canada Goose. North to Arctic coast : common.
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