BRANTA CANADENSIS, WILD GOOSE, 553 



upon aquatic insects, small molluscs, and marine invertebrates of vari- 

 ous kinds; for tbey are often observed on mud-flats and rocky places by 

 tbe sea-side, wbere tbere is no vegetation wbatever ; and it is probable 

 that when they pass over meadows they do not si)are tbe grasshoppers. 

 Audubon relates, that in Louisiana be has often seen tbe Geese feeding 

 in wheat-fields, where tbey plucked up the young i)lants entire. 



ANSER ROSSII, Bd. 



Horned Wavy; Ross' Goose. 



Horned JVavii of Hearne. 



Anser rossi, Bo., Mss.— Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1861, 7:5.— CouES, Key, 1872, 282. 



Exantheinops rossi, Elliott, B. N. A. pt. ix, pi. 44. 



Hah. — Arctic America. South to San Francisco in winter. 



This curious little Chen, in whicb a long-lost species is perfectly recog- 

 nized, is an inhabitant chiefly of Arctic America, but, like the Snow 

 Goose, is now known to migrate into the United States in winter. It 

 has been taken at San Francisco. Witb exactly tbe coloration and form 

 of A. liyperhoreus., it is immediately recognized by its small size, being 

 no larger than a Mallard, less exposure of the teetli of the bill, corruga- 

 tion of the base of the bill, and the nearly Gtraigbt instead of strongly 

 convex outline of the feathers at the sides. 



ABSEE CCERULESCENS, (Linn.) Vieill. 

 Blue Goose. 



Anas caritlescens, JLiixx., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 193.— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 513. — Lath., 



Ind. Oru. ii, 1790, 836. 

 Aiiscr cocrnlcsccns, Vieill., Ency. Metb. i, 1823, 115. — Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 18.56, 42; 



1861, 73.— Bree, B. Eur. iv, 1863, 132.— Coues, Key, 1872, 282.— Ridgw., Ann. 

 • Lye. N. y. X, 1874, 388 (Illinois). 

 Anser hyperhoreus, jnv. of some authors. 



Hab. — North America generally. 



This proves to be a perfectly distinct species from A. Uyperhoreus, tbe 

 young of which, bowever inucb resembling it, is quite difl'erent. In 

 adult plumage it bears a curious superficial resemblance to Philacte 

 canafjlca, the distribution of the colors being much the same. Speci- 

 mens are in tbe Smithsonian from Chicago, and various localities iu 

 North America, where its distribution is apparently general. 



BRANTA CANADENSIS, (Linn.) Gray. 

 Canada Goose; Coniinoii Wild Goose. 



a. canadensis. 



Ana8 canadinitis,! ASS., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 198.— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 514.— Forst., 

 Phil. Trans, l.xii, 1772, 414.— Lath., Ind. Oru. 'ii, 1790, 838.— WiL.s., Am. Oru. 

 viii, 1814, .52, pi. 67, f. 4; and of all earlier authors. 



Anser canadensis, Vikill., Nouv. Diet, d'lli.st. Nat. ; Euey. Meth. i, 1823, 114.— Flem., Brit. 

 An. 128.— Keys. &. Blas., Wiib. Eur. 82.— Bi'.', Svu. 1828, 377; List, 1838, 55.— 

 Sw. A: Kicii., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 468.— Nlirr., Man.'ii. 1834, 349.— Am., Oru. Bios;, 

 iii, 1835, 1 ; v, 1839, 607 ; pi. 201 ; Syn. lH:i9, 270 : B. Am. vi, 1S13, 17s, ).l. 376.— 

 Evr., Mou. Anat. 183^.— DkIvav, N' V. Zool. ii, 1844, 34^.- (io.ssK, B. .lam. li^47, 

 408.— Gii:., B. L. I. 1844, 289.— Bn., Stausbury's Kep. 18.52, 321.— Maxim., J. f. 

 O. vii, 18.59, 164.— ScHL., M. P.-B. ix, 186.5, Jnsers, 105. 



Cygnus canadensis, SiEl'ii., Shaw's (Jen. Zool. xii, 1824, 19. — Evt., Cat. Br. Birds, 65. — 

 Jen., Man. 18;}.5, 227. 



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