Whistling Swan--Cygnus columbianus (Ord).

Known to be a regular spring visitant to many of the lakes
and rivers of the region; in the spring of 1944 large flocks which
passed over Quesnel were seen by many people. At Francois Lake Mr
J Sugden counted 75 on April 21, 1943, and 100+ on October 20,
1944 On October 19, 1944 Muirhead saw flocks totalling 100 to 125
flying in a southeasterly direction over Babine Lake.

Trumpeter Swan-—Cygnus buccinator (Richardson.

_The trumpeter swan is a regular winter visitant to a number of
widely separated places, where lake outlets and rapids remain open,
in the central interior of British Columbia. The majority frequent
waters in the Provincial Electoral District of Omineca. Records
relating to one band, which in some years contains 100 or more
individuals, were obtained as early as 1923. It is usual for a
number of swans to arrive on this wintering ground in November and
if the winter is severe others appear later, when the more northern
rapids freeze. The total present in 1944-45 was estimated to be 150.
Another population, totalling 162 when a census was taken in 1945,
is made up of a number of units that frequent various stretches of
open water within an area approximating 5000 square miles. During
the past four years a third band, which varied in number from 15
to 24, has occupied a river habitat close to a settled community.

A fourth band, sometimes contaifing 20 or more birds, has long
used a river in the Provincial Electoral District of Cariboo.

Much less is known concerning the nesting of trumpeter swans
in Central British Columbia. An Indian told me that in May, 1939,
he discovered a swan incubating six eggs in a nest built on top of
a beaver dam There are several accounts current-of swans observed
in summer; in two instances these were accompanied by cygnets How-
ever, most of the Indians and woodsmen with whom I talked stated
that aildcothe swans -flymorth in the spring. - It: isjof imterest to
note that trumpeter swans have been observed on migration as far
north as Tetana Lake on the Driftwood River which is close to 56°

north latitude (8)

Greater Canada Goose--Branta canadensis (Linnaeus)

Two pairs of Canada geese were present on the expansion of
Puntataenkut Creek, May 16, but neither pair acted in the manner

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