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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



with a broad white patch under the head, extending on the 

 sides back of the eyes. The chin and the rest of the head are 



black. The under 

 l)arts are much light- 

 er, fading to white 

 around the tail. The 

 youitij has the white 

 cheek and throat 

 l)atch mixed with 

 blackish. This is the 

 common wild goose 

 of the eastern United 

 States,and the wedge 

 form of the flocks 

 in their migrations 

 through the air has 

 hoiikiiKj heard by most 



Canada Qoose 



been seen and the noise of their 



persons. 



Lenfjtli, SS-J.*] ; wing, 1")^-21 ; tail, 7 ; tarsus, 21-3J ; culiiicn 

 Temperate Nortli America; breeding in tlie Northern 

 States and British Trovinces, and wintering from tlie 

 Middle States to Mexico. The Hutchins's Goose (17J". 

 B. c. hrttchinsii) is like the li\.st hnt smalh r. Lcngtli. 

 25-34 ; wing, 15-18 ; tail, 5i ; tarsus, 2^; culmen, 1.^-1^ 

 North America ; breeding in the Arctic regions, and mi- 

 grating south, mainly tiimuudi the Mississippi Valley and 

 westward. The Cackling Goose (172"=. li. c. 

 minima) is still smaller and has a 

 darker and more brownish breast 

 and upper belly. Length, 

 2:]-25 ; wing, 1.3J-15; tail, 

 5 ; tarsus, 2^ ; culmen, \\. 

 AVestern North America; 

 breeding in Ala.ska, and 

 migrating s o u t h w a r d 

 through the Western 

 States, west to Wisconsin. 



7. Brant (17:). Brdnfa 

 bernida). — A large, 



Brant 



