18. BRANTA. J23 



f.e&d.sk. Discovery Bay, June (C'.lfa/-0. Voy. of H.M.S. 



ff. Ad. St. Repulse Bay. Dr EaeTpT' 



^. $ad. sk. St. Patrick's Bay, Jaii.(C'.£r«r<). Voy. of H.M.S. 



i. cf juv. sk. Cromarty Bay, Feb. ( W. R. 0. G. H.'SS, Esq 



Grant). rp -i ' -i 



f'wl" Pr^yr'^S^- , Col. Monta-u [P.l. 



/. Juv.sk. MMon Essex (Majar Russell). Seebohm CoU. 



r^/i; * Havre, x^ov(^.P/«c>5e). Seebohm Coll. 



w. Ad.sk., var.* Novaia Zemha, June. H. W. FeUden and 



o,i.,£. Sterna. H. Bro.vn [C.]. 



h. Underj)arts dark grey or brown. 

 r. e ad. sk., var * Cookham, Xoy. ( W. Briggs). Tweeddale CoD. 

 s Ad. sk., yar.* Devonshire. Col. Monta^ rp.l 



t, «^Imni. et juv. Maldon, Essex {Major Russell). Seebohm CoU. - 



7. Branta nigricans. 



Anas bernicla, Pemi. (nee Linn.) in ChokS Voy. Tacif. ii. p .366 

 (Kamtschatka) (1784). ^ ' ^' ^ 



Anser brenta V^rt.,Pan. Zoogr Rosso-As. ii. p. 229 (ea- America) 

 (1811) ; ? Swinh. P. Z. S. 186.3, p. .323 (China) ' 



Anser nigricans, Zawr Ann. Lye. K.Y. iv. p. 171, pi. xii. (1846); 

 ir«r^_/ A«.««,«,18o2,p. 2: Seehh. Hist. Br.B. iii. V 508 

 (IbSo) ; id. B. Jap. Emp. p. 240 (1890). ^ 



Bernicla nigricans, G. R. Gr. Gen. B., App. p. 07 n849^ • Cn^ 



p. 64fe, n. 34 (I806) ; Baird, B. X. Am. p. 767 (1858) • id Cat 



p. 2oJ (I860); Blakisf. Lbis, 1863, p. 145; Later Ann L„r V V 

 vm. p. 296 (Long Isl.) (1867) ; hLcn, Bi'liml: iS'cVaf: 



YarreU's Hist. Brit. B. iv. p/ 292^^ a884^.^) .^LrAlV^r^^ 



JSeict. Diet, of B. p. 375 (pt. 2, 1893) ^ ' 



Ana^ bernicla Kittl. (nee Linn.) Denkw. ii. p. 384 (1858) 

 Anser bernicla part., Schkg Mus. P-B., Anseres, p. 103 (1866); 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. 1. p. 369 (part.) (187-^) 

 Branta nigricans, ^a««. p,-. ^f. PAeVarf. "1870, p. 131- G R Gr 



^i^' ^- 4 "J^^'i if ^^^'•'^^•-/'^^ P- 1-^S. n. 174 (1886) ; Rid,,;. 

 Man. :S. Am. B. p. 118, n. 174 (188/) • Neh R^n X TT r,,// I, 

 ^a 1.87 (1887^ ; ^^. p.. ir.S. 9at. m!^. ^:^o ^^t{^ 

 •^ j^^' ^»{«CA''-/. Pr. l.S. Xat. Mus. xiv. p. 424 (Liverpool W 

 a°d Frank hnJ3gJ1891)^_g^^e^ 



* White patches of the neck nearly meetmg in front. 



