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 Mar., 1912 NESTING OF THE CANADA GOOSE A') LAKE TAHOE 69 growth had been killed, and fallen trees, other impedimenta, and the icy water, made progress difficult. I had advanced but a short distance, however, when a goose flushed from her nest at the foot of a dead tree. This nest was very similar to the first one found, and, like it, also held seven eggs, but these were consider- ably further along in incubation. The set varies only slightly in shape and color- ation from the first. The eggs, however, average considerably larger, measuring: 3.71 x 2.31, 3.68 x 2.34, 3.62 x 2.26, 3.48 x 2.31, 3.41 x 2.27, 3.31 x 2.25, 3.18 x 2.25. On the homeward journey, while returning through the marsh by a different channel, I beheld the snake-like head of a goose above the tall grass (for the spring had been unusually early) on a level tract some distance away. Approach- ing nearer, the bird took flight, and on reaching the spot I found my third nest. As it contained five eggs all on the point of hatching, I lost no time in allowing the parent to return. Fig. 24. NEST OF CANADA GOOSl; ROWLAND'S MARSI-I, LAKI TAI-IOl Two days later, with Mr. Benjamin Thrasher, I revisited the nest. Mr. Connolly of Bijou held a permit from the Fish Commission, and was desirous of raising some of the young birds, while I saw an opportunity of getting a series, perhaps, of interesting photographs. Thrasher and I came none too soon, for on nearing the spot the goose went flapping over the ground, waterward, with four small goslings weakly following. These latter we caught just before the edge of the slough was reached. Together with the fifth, which, not entirely free from the shell, was still in the nest, they were placed in a box between the soft. folds of a woolen blanket, and with much disconsolate peeping, were taken to Bijou. Under the care of Mrs. Conholly, whose previous experience in raising tur- keys proved a great help, the entire number were reared successfully, and soon