42 THE GAME BIRDS 
48. *EMPEROR. GOOSE. 
PAINTED GOOSE. 
Philacte canagica. 
Predominating color hght blue, with wavy 
marks of lilac, and clearly defined shell-shaped 
markings of black. Head, back of neck and 
tail white ; throat black, speckled with white ; 
feet flesh-color; eyes brown. 
Habitat— Extreme northwest, coming south 
to Alaska, and lower in the winter. A little 
larger bird than the Brant. A sea-goose, and 
not worth the powder used to kill it for its 
edible qualities, as it is rank and fishy. 
49. BLACK-BELLIED TREE-DUCK. 
Dendrocygna autumnalts. 
Predominating color black; head and neck 
chocolate, lighter on the chin, white under 
tail, on the flanks and on wing’; bill red; feet 
pink; length 1,8, feet; extent 8 feet or more. 
Lives on the Rio Grande. A very good 
market bird. 
There is another of these peculiar ducks, 
the 
00. FULVOUS TREE-DUCK. 
Dendrocygna fulva. 
Which is yellowish-brown, darker on the head, 
no white on wing; black bill and bluish feet ; 
about the same size and same locality, but 
comes farther up the Gulf coast. 
