554 BRANTA CANADENSIS, WILD GOOSE. 



Bernicla canadensis, BoiE, Isis, 1826, 921.— Gkay, Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 608. — Woodii., 

 Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 102.— Br., Corupt. Reud. Sept. 1856.— Newj$., P. R. R. Rep. 

 vi, 1857, 100.— Hkekm., ihid. x, 1859, pt. vi, 66.— Coop. & Suck., N. H. Wash. 

 Ter. 1860,250.— MUH., Etliu. New Phil. Joiun. 1859, 225.— COUKS, Pr. A. N. S. 1 861, 

 238 ; 1866, 62.— Ross, Caiiad. Nat. 1862.— IIavd., Rep. 1862, 175 (some breeding 

 on the Yellowstone). — Verh., Pr. Ess. Insr. iii, 1862, 153. — Boaiujm., Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. iv, 1862, 139.— Blak., Ibis, 1862, 9.— Reinii., Vid. Med. f. 1864, 1865, 246 

 (Disco, Greenland). — Hoy, Smiths. Rep. 1864, 438 (Missonri). — Dhess., Ibis, 

 1866, 42.— CouES, Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1868, 298.— Brow.v, Ibis, 1868, 425.— Dale 

 & BaxNN., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 295 (Alaska).— CouEs, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1871, 

 35 (North Carolina, probably breeding). — Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv\ Ter. 1870, 

 466 (Wyoming).— Snow, B. Kaus. 1873^ 11 ; and of most late anthors. 



Brania canudiusis, Gkay. — Bann., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1870, 131. — CouES, Key, 283, tig. 185". 



Bernida {LeucobJepharon) canadensis, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, pp. xlix, 764. 



Brania (Leucohlejfharon) canadensis, Ghay, Hand-list, iii, 1871,76, No. 10578. 



" Cijgnopsis canadensis, Brandt." {Gray.) 



Anser parripes, Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1852, 138 (Vera Cruz). 



Bernicla harnstoni, Ross, Canad. Nat. vii, Apr. 1862. 



b. leucopareia. 



Anser canadensis, Pall., Zoog. R.-A. ii, 1811, 230. 



Anscr lencopareius. Brandt, Bull. Sc. Acad. St. Peters, i, 1836, 37 (Aleutians); Descr. et 



Ic. Av. 1836, 13, pi. 2. 

 Bernicla leucopareia, Cass", 111. 272, pi. 45. — Dale & Bann., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 295. 

 Bernicla {Leucohlepharon) leueoixireia, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, pj). xlix, 765. 

 Brania {Leucohlepharon) leucopareia. Gray, Hand-list, iii, 187], 76, No. 10580. 

 Brania canadensis var. leucopareia, CoUES, Key, 1872, 284, fig. 185^. 

 Bernicla uccidentalis, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 766, in text. 



Bernicla canadensis var. occidenialis, Dale & Bann., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 295. 

 (?) Bernicla leucohvma, Mui:., Edinb. Phil. Journ. Apr. 1859, 226, pi. 4, f. 1. 



c. ImtcMnsii. 



Anas 'bernicla var. h, Ricil, App. Parry's 2d Voy. 368. 



Anser hutchiusii, Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 470. — Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 362. — AuD., 

 Oru. Biog. iii, 1835, 226, pi. 277; Syu. 1839, 271 ; B. Am. vi, 1843, 198, pi. 377.— 

 Bp., List. 1838, 55.— LiNSL., Am. Journ. xliv, 1843, 249 (Connecticut).- GiR., B. 

 L. I. 1844, 292.— PuTN., Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 1856, 219 (Massachusetts). 



Bernicla huichinsii, WooDir., Sitgr. Rep. 1823, 102 (California).— Newb., P. R. R. Rep. 

 vi, 1857, 101 (Calilbrnia). — Heerm., ihid. x, 1859, pt. vi, 67 (California).— Coop. 

 & Suck., N. H. Wash. Ter. 1860, 251.— Mur., Edinb. Phil. Journ. xi, 1859, 228, 

 pi. 4, fig. 2. — Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst, iv, 1864, 87 (Massachusetts, rare). — CouES, 

 ibid. V, 1868, 298.— Lawr., Ann. Lye. viii, 1866, 298.— Turnb., B. E. Pa. 1869, 45 

 (occasional).— Dale & Bann., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 295 (Alaska).— Snow, B. 

 Kans. 1873, 11. 



Bernicla {Lcucohlepluirou) huicMnsii, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, pp. xlix, 766. 



Branta (Leucohlepharon) hnicliinsii, Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 76, No. 10579. 



Brania hufchinsii, Bann., Pr. Ph.ila. Acad. 1870, 131. 



Brania canadensis \ar. hufchinsii, Coues, Key, 1872, 284. 



Anser (Branta) canadensis var. /(H/c/(in.sii, Ridgw., Ann. Lye. N. Y. x, 1874, 388 (Illinois). 



Hah. — The whole of North America, breeding in the United States, as well as 

 further north. Accidental in Europe (see above quotations). Var. huichinsii with 

 nearly coincident range ; especially abundant on the west coast in winter. Var. leuco- 

 pareia from the northwest coast. 



lAcuienant JVarren^s Expedition. — 5471, Yellowstone River. 



Lafer Expeditions. — 00000-0, Sweetwater River. 



Not obtained by Captain Raynolds' Expedition. 



Both Hutcbius' and the Common Wild Goose I have found migrating 

 through Dakota, iu April and October, in considerable numbers, and 

 Dr. Hayden states that the latter breeds on the Yellowstone. That it 

 occasionally nests at large through the United States is abundantly' at- 

 tested. While in North Carolina I had reason to believe that it did so 

 in the vic'nity of Fort Macon, as stated iu my article above quoted. 

 But the most interesting information of its breeding that I have to 

 offer is that it nests in various parts of the Upper Missouri and Yel- 

 lowstone regions, in trees. This fact of arboreal niditication is proba- 

 bly little known, and might even be doubted by some ; but, although 



