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 194 Bird- Lore accommodating Canvas - back,, which busied itself within six feet of us. The Shovellers moved about in a dense squadron, glean- ing something from the surface of the water. The following week we spent another day at the park, and this time came armed with a camera for a preliminary attempt. As it turned out, this was our only chance, for bad weather pre- vented further trials. We found, the Geese not difficult to photo- graph, the camera being focused from a tripod. It seemed strange to see Ross's and Lesser Snow Geese wandering along paths, bordering the lake, notwithstand- ing numerous carriages and pedestrians continually passing. The American White-fronted — sometimes, in California, called Gray Goose — was fairly common, but not so abundant as the combined numbers, of three races of Branta canadensis — butchinsi, occidentalis and minima. Hutchins's was the commonest form, and we secured a good negative of five: AMERICAN" WHITE-FRONTED HUTCHINS' GOOSE