AYES. 51 



ANSERES. 



AXATIDAi: 



Me. — Common coastwise migrant. April 27-May; Oct.-Nov. 



N. H. — Uncommon coastwise migrant, casual inland. 



Vt. — Rare migrant. 



Mass.- — Common coastwise migrant; uncommon winter resi- 

 dent on south coast. Mar. 12-May 17 (June 2); Sept. 12-Dec. 12 

 (winter). 



R. I. — Common migrant and rare winter resident offshore. 

 Mar. 24-April 28; Now-Dee. 10 (winter). 



Conn. — Common migrant and occasional winter resident off- 

 shore. April 14-May; Oct. 15-(winter). 



97. Branta nigricans (Lawrence) Bannister. 



Black brant. 



Anser nigricans Lawr., Ann. lyceum nat. hist. New York, 1846, 

 vol. 4, ]>. 171, pi. 12. "Egg Harbor, N. J." 

 Seacoasts; nests on the ground. 

 Mass. — Accidental visitor: Chatham, spring, 1883. 



98. Branta leucopsis (Bechstein) Bannister. 



Barnacle goose. 



Anas leucopsis Bechst., Ornith. taschb. Deutschl., 1803, p. 424. 

 Northern regions of the earth; Germany in migration. 



Anser leucopsis (Bechst.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 200, pi. 378. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 34, pi. 10, fig. 2. 



Seacoasts and grassy flats; nests on the ground among rocks. 



Me. — Doubtfully reported from near Portland about 1878. 

 Vt. — Accidental visitor: Marshfield, 1878. 

 Mass. — Accidental visitor: North Chatham, Nov. 1, 189"). 

 Conn. — Recorded from Stonington (Linsley). 



