ORDER ANSERES. I2/ 



[B 5 6 7 , C 485, R 594, C 702.] 



HAB. Temperate North America, breeding in the Northern United 

 States and British Provinces ; south in winter to Mexico. 



172 a. Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Sw. & RICH.). 



Hutchins's Goose. 



Anser hutchinsii Sw. & RICH. Faun. Bor. Am. II. 1831, 470. 

 Branta canadensis var. hutchinsii COUES, Key, 1872, 284. 



[B 569, C 485 6, R 594 a, C 704.] 



HAB. North America, breeding in the Arctic regions, and mi- 

 grating south in winter, chiefly through the Western United States 

 and Mississippi Valley ; Eastern Asia. 



172 b. Branta canadensis occidentalis (BAIRD) . 



White- cheeked Goose. 



Bernicla occidentalis BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 766. 

 Branta canadensis occidentalis RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885, 355. 



[B 567,7, C R 594 r, C .] 



HAB. Pacific coast region, from Sitka south, in winter, to Cali- 

 fornia. 



1726-. Branta canadensis minima RIDGW. 



Cackling Goose. 



Branla minima RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. No. 2, April 20, 



1885, 23. 

 Branta canadensis minima RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 



355- 



[B 568, C 485 a, R 594 , C 703,^^.] 



HAB. Coast of Alaska, migrating southward into the Western 

 United States, east to Wisconsin. 



173. Branta bernicla (LINN.). 



Brant. 



Anas bernicla LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 124. 

 Branta bernicla SCOPOLI, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. 1769, 67. 



[B 570, C 48 4 , R 595, C 700.] 



