FAMILY ANATID.E. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 81 



SUBFAMILY ANSERINE. 

 Geese. 



Lores, feathered ; tarsus, reticulate. 



* Group 1. Wing, 12 to 14 inches long. 



Bill and feet black; head and neck, black; sides of neck (not front), mottled with 

 white ; no speculum ; lower breast, grayish ; no white on head. 



Branta bernicla. Brant. 

 See No. 132. 



Head and neck, black; front and sides of neck, mottled with white; uo speculum; 

 lower breast, dark, not pale gray ; no white on head. 



Branta nigricans. Black Brant. 

 See No. 133. 



A patch of white on side of head, extending to throat; rest of head and neck, black. 



Western United States, rarely to Wisconsin. Bernicla canadensis minima. Cackling Goose. 



See No. 131. 



* Group 2. Wing, from 14 to 20 inches long. 



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Section 1. Head and neck, black or blackish, marked with 

 more or less white ; bill and feet, black. 



Head and neck, black; a patch of white on each cheek, extending to upper throat; 

 no white on neck. Branta canadensis and races. Canada Goose. 



See Nos. 129, 130. 



Head and neck, black ; side (not front) of neck, speckled with white ; upper belly, 

 whitish. Common on Atlantic coast. Branta bernicla. Brant. 



See No. 132. 



Head and neck, black; side and front of neck, speckled with white; upper belly, 

 grayish brown, liare on Atlantic coast. Branta nigricans. Black Brant. 



See No. 133. 



Face and upper breast, white ; lores, black ; back of head, black. European species 

 occasionally found on our coast. Branta leucopsis. Barnacle Goose. 



See No. 134. . 



* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 



