FAMILY ANATID.K. DUCKS, GEESE, AM) SWANS. 81 



SUBFAMILY AN5ER1N/E. 

 Qeese. 



Lores, feathered ; tarsus, reticulate. 



* Group i. Wing, 12 to 14 inches long. 



Bill and feet black; head and neck, black; sides of neck not front , mottled with 

 svhite ; no upcoulum ; lower breast, grayish ; no while <pii IkmiI. 



liratita bernicln. Brant. 

 See No. 18:2. 



head and neck, black; front and sides of neck, mottled with white; no speruluni : 

 lower breast, dark, not pale gray; no uliiicon IkmiI. 



Brnutn Hifjrirans. Black Brant. 



See No. l.'W. 



A patch of white on side of head, extenditiji; to throat; rest of head ami neck, black. 



Western I'niU'il Slates, rarely to \Vi>foii<iti. Bcruicla canadensis minima. Cackling Goose. 



See Xo. i;51. 



* Group 2. Wing, from 14 to 20 inches long. 



Section 1. Head and neck, black or blackish, marked with 

 more or less white ; bill and feet, black. 



Head and neck, black; a patch of white on each cheek, < xieiidinu lo upper throat : 

 no whili' on iieek. Branta ranadrnsis aii<( na-rs. Canada (ioose. 



See N'o<. 1-J'J, l.{(t. 



Head and neck, black; side (not front) of neck, speckled with white; upper helly. 

 whitish. Connnon on Atlantic i-oast. Branta lieniicln. Brant. 



See Xo. V.Vl. 



Head and neck, black; side iind trout of neck, speckled with white; upper helly, 

 grayi-h hrowri. Itare on Allaiilic eo.i-t. Branta nii/ri<;iiis. Black Brant. 



See Xo. i:{:{. 



l-ace and upper breast, white; loi-.s, hlaek; h:ieU ol he.dl. hhuU. Ijuopean species 

 uccasionall\ lound on our coast. lininla Ifurnjisis. Barnacle (loose. 



Se.' No. I.fl. 



• ti.i 'liircUiiim fill- riii'Hstn'cincnt, si-e pagf '.'. 



