18. BBANTA. 117 



Branta canadensis, var. leucopareia, Coues in Elliot's Affairs in 



Alaska, p. 190 (1875) (nee Key, 1872, p. 284, which = B. occiden- 



talis, Baird) ; Coues, Check-list, n. 485 « (1873). 

 Bernicla canadensis leucopareia, Riclf/io. Norn. N. Am. B. n. 594 b 



(1881) ; Coues, Check-list, 2nd ed. p. 112, n. 703 (part.) (1882) ; 



id. Key N. Am. B. 2nd ed. p. 689 (1884). 

 Bernicla canadensis, S. leucopareia, B., B., Sf R. Water-B, N. Am. i. 



pp. 4oG, 457, 4-59 (1884). 

 Branta minima, Ridgzc. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 22 (1885). 

 Branta canadensis minima, Ridgic. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 355 



(1885); A. O. U. Code of Nomencl. i^- Check-list N. Am. B. 



p. 127, n. 172 c (1886); Townsend, Auk, 1887, p. 12 (breeding; 



Kowak R., N. Alaska) ; Turner, Contr. N. H. of Alaska, p. 139 



(1886) ; Nelson, Nat. Hist. Coll. in Alaska, p. 86 (1887) ; Ridgio. 



Man. N. Am. B. p. 117 (1887). 

 Bernicla munroii, Rothsch. Ann. ^- May. N. H. (6) x. p. 108 (1892) 



(Kauai, Sandwich Islands) (tyjie exainined=\mmva?i). 



Similar to B. canadensis, but very much smaller. Lower parts 

 deep greyish brown or brownish grey (often not conspicuously paler 

 than the upper parts), abruptly defined against white of anal region ; 

 the feathers of the underparts have paler edges ; white cheek- 

 patches usually separated by a black stripe of spotting on the throat, 

 and lower part of neck encircled by a more or less distinct white 

 coUar ; tail-feathers usually 14— IG. Total length about 23-25 

 inches, wing 13-60-14'50, culmen 0-95-l"15, tarsus 2'40-2-75. 



Hah. Pacific coast of North America, breeding chiefly about the 

 shores of Norton Sound and the Lower Yukon, but extending to 

 Kotzebue Sound and along the Arctic coast to the vicinity of Point 

 Barrow ; south in winter to California, and more rarely to Upper 

 Mississippi Valley (Wisconsin, &c.) ; it strays to the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



«, b,c. c? 2 ad. St. Michael's, Alaska, June, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 et pull. sk. {E. W. Nelson). 



d. c? ad. sk. Kottik, mouth of Yukon R., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Alaska, May (E. W. Nelson). 



e. 5 ad. sk. Gray's Harbour, Washington Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tenitory, Dec. (Henshaio). 



5. Branta leucopsis. 



The Barnacle or Bemacle Goose. 



Bernicla, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 300 (1760). 



Bernicla minor, Briss. op. cit. p. 302 (1760) (juv.). 



Anas bernicla, part., Linn. S. N'. i. p. 198, n. 13 (1766). 



? Anas hrota, O. F. 311111. Zool. Dan. Prodr. p. 14 (1776). 



Bernache, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. 855 ; Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ix. p. 93 



(1783). 

 Anas erythropus, Gm. (nee Linn.) S. N. i. 2, p. 512, n. 11 (1788) ; 



Lath.'ind. Orn. ii. p. 843, n. 31 (1790). 

 Anas erythropus, 8, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 844 (1790). 

 Anserervthropus, Bonn, (nee Linn.) Enc. Mcth. i.p. 120, n. 28 (1790) ; 



Less. Man. cVOrn. ii. p. 408 (1828) ; Degl. Orn. Eur. ii. p. 4021(1849). 

 Anas leucopsis, Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 424 (1803); Temin. 



Man. p. 531 (1815) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. ii. p. 823 (1820). 



