BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 



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BRANT {Branta bernicla glaucogastra). 



Length. — 23 to 26 inches. 



Adult. — Head, neck and a little of fore part of body black; streaks of 

 wliite in a small patch on the side of upper neck; back and wings brown; 

 breast and flanks light ashy gray or brownish gray; belly white back 

 of legs; tail black; upper tail coverts white; bill, feet and claws black; 

 iris brown. 



Field Marks. — Very small for a Goose; sooty black on head and neck, 

 with small but conspicuous white patch on neck which can be seen at 

 a distance with a glass. It flies in a more compact bodj' than the Can- 

 ada Goose or in irregular formation, with seemingly no chosen leader. 



Notes. — A guttural car-r-rup or r-r-r-ronk (Elliot). Ruk-ruk (Hapgood). 



Season. — Abundant locally off the coast in migration, elsewhere rare or 

 uncommon; March to early May, sometimes later; early September 

 to early December. Some remain south of Cape Cod in winter, also 

 off Long Island, N. Y. 



