114 ANATID^. 



"brown, gradually fading into tlie white of the vent and under tail- 

 coverts ; primaries and tail-feathers black : bill black ; irides dark 

 brown ; legs, toes, and membranes dark lead-colour, almost black. 

 Total length 41-42 inches, wing 15-60-21, culmen 1-55-2-70, 

 tarsus 2'45-3'70. (Ridgivay.) 



Female. Similar to the male, but smaller. 



Young are much smaller, and have the white feathers of the 

 cheeks edged with black, 



Hah. Temperate North America, breeding in the K^orthern 

 United States and British territory, migrating in winter southwards 

 to Mexico. 



2. Branta hutchinsi, 



Anser canadensis, Pall, (nee Linn.) Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 230 

 (Aleutian Islands) (1811). 



Anas bemicla, rar. /3, Mich. App. Parry^s '2nd Voy. p. 368 (1825). 



Anser hutchinsii, Rich, in Sw. ^ Rich. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 470 

 (1831) ; mat. Man. ii. p. 362 (1834) ; Aud. Om. Biugr. iii. p. 226, 

 pi. 277 (1835) ; Bp. Co7np. List,^. 55 (1838) ; Eyt. Hon. Anat. p. 95 

 (1838) ; Aud. Syn. p. 271 (1839) ; id. B. Am. vi. p. 198, pi. 377 

 (1843); Linsl. Am. Journ. xliv. p. 249 (Connecticut) (1843); 

 Giraud, B. Long L p. 292 (1844) ; Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. viii. 

 sp, 158 (1848) ; Rchnb. Av. Syst. Nat, Natatores, Noviti(s, t. 104. 

 f. 2772 (ex Audubon ?) (1850) j Hartl. Wivgm. Arch. 1852, i. 

 p. 122 ; Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxviii. p. 664 (California) (1863) ; id. 

 Not. Coll. Delattre, p. 93 (1854) ; Putn. Pr. Ess. Imt. i. p. 219 

 (Massachusetts) (1856) ; Schley. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 105 

 (=leucopareius, Brandt) (Mexico) (18G6); Eyt. Syn. Anat. p. 43 

 (1869) ; Gieb. Thes. Om. i, p. 371 (1872) ; Seebh. B. Jap. Emp. 

 p. 239 (1890). 



Anser leucopareius, Brandt, Bull. Sc. Ac. Petersb. i. p. 37 (Aleutians) 

 (1836). 



Anser (Bemicla) leucopareius, Brandt, Descr. et Leon. Anim. Ross 

 Nov., Aves, i. p. 13, pi. 2 (1836) ; id. J. f. O. 1891, p. 267. 



Bemicla leucopareia, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. iii. p. 608, n. 13 (1844) 

 Rchnb. Syn. Av., Natatores, t. 101. ff. 416, 954 (1845) ; Bp. Compt. 

 Rend, xliii. p. 648, n. 29 (1856). 



Bemicla hutchinsii, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. iii, p. 608, n. 14 (1844) 

 Woodh. Sitgr. Rep. p. 102 (California) (1853) ; Lieht. No7nencl. 

 Av. p. 100 (1854) ; Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 648, n. 30 (1856) 

 Neiob. P. R. R. Rep. vi. p. 101 (CaHfornia) (1857) ; Cass. U.S. 

 Expl. Exped., Mainm. ^ Om. p. 336 (1858); Baird, B. N. Am 

 pp. 763, 766 (1858) ; id. Cat. N. Am. B. n. 5G9 (1859) ; Heerm 

 P. R. R. Rep. X. pt. vi. p. 67 (1859) ; Mun: Edinb. Neiu Phil. Journ 

 ix. p. 228, pi. 4. f. 2 (1859) ; Coop. 8^ Suckl. N. R. Wash.Terr. p. 251 

 (1860) ; Ross, Canad. Natur. 1862, p. 152 ; Blakist. Lbis, 1863, 

 p. 143 ; Allm, Pr. Ess. Lnst. iv, p. 87 (Massachusetts) (1864) ; Coues, 

 Pr. Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 98 (Colorado) ; Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 

 viii. p. 296 (1866) ; Hmcks, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 211 ; Coues, Pr. 

 Ess. Inst. V. p. 298 (1868) ; Tumb. B. E. Pa. p. 45 (1869) ; 

 Ball 8f Bann. Tr. aiic. Ac. i, p. 295 (Alaska) (1869) ; Finsch, 

 Abh. Ver. Brem. iii. p. 20 (1872) ; Snow, B. Fans. p. 11 

 (1873) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 502 ; Seebh. Lbis, 1882, p. 369- 

 (Japan) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 419 (1883) ; Blak. ^ 

 Pryer, Tr. As. Soc. Jap. x. p. 96 (1882) ; Blakist. Amend. List B. 



