Ross's goose

< Bernard R. Ross (d. 1874), a factor of the Hudson's Bay Company

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a smallish white goose, Chen rossii, that breeds in the Far North.

Quotations

1908

At Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca, however, Ross's goose is the last to arrive in the spring, but is among the first to return in the autumn.

1947

He kindly interpreted for me while I interviewed his natives regarding the whereabouts of the Ross's goose.