124 ANATID^. 



Branta bernicla, var. nigricans, Coues, Key, p. 284, f. 184 6 (1872). 

 Branta bernicla, b. nigricans, Coues, B. N.- West, p. 557 (1874). 

 Bernicla torquata, Blakist. i^ Pryer (nee Bechst.), Ibis, 1878, p. 212 



(Japan) ; iid. Tr. As. Soc. Jap. viii. p. 183 (1880), x. p. 96 (1882). 

 Bernicla brenta nigricans, Coues, Check-list, 2nd ed. p. 112, n. 701 



(1882) ; id. Key N. Am. B. 2nd ed. p. 688, n. 70, f. p. 687 (1884) ; 



Chry, Auk, i. p. 96 (Massachusetts) (1884). 

 Anser (Brenthus) nigricans, Rchnw. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 37. 

 Bernicla brenta, var. nigricans, Seebh. Ibis, 1884, p. 32 (Yokohama). 

 Anser torquatus, Brandt {nee Frisch), J.f. 0. 1891, p. 267. 



Similar to B. bernicla, but with a conspicuous collar of white 

 interrupted only on the nape, the white marks on each side of the 

 neck meeting together in front ; belly almost as black as the 

 breast : bill and feet deep black ; tarsi black (?). Total length 

 22-29 inches, wing 13-70-13-40, culmen 1-20-1-35, tarsus 2-20- 

 2-50. 



Young. Similar to adult, but collar indistinct or obsolete, the 

 larger wing-coverts and secondaries broadly tipped with white, and 

 feathers of sides and flanks uniform brownish grey, without white 

 edgings. 



Rah. Western Arctic America, and across Bering Straits as far 

 as the valley of the Lena (SeeloJim), migrating south in winter along 

 the Pacific coast to Lower California, and very rarely straggling to 

 the Atlantic coast (Long Island) ; along the Eastern Asiatic coast 

 it extends to Japan. 



a. Ad. sk. Nagasaki, Japan. F. Einger, Esq. [P.]. 



b, c, d. Ad. et Yokohama {H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 

 juv. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. Yokohama [H. Pryer). Capt. Blakiston [P.]. 



/. Ad. st. St. Juan de Fuca, Vancouver Capt. Kellett and 



Isl. Lieut. Wood [P.]. 



g. Ad. sk. Arctic Exped. Capt. Collinson [P.]. 



h. Ad. st. N.W. America. Capt. Collinson [P.]. 



i. <S ad. st. Pt. Barrow, Alaska, June (A. Salvin-Godmaa Coll. 



E. Bark), 



k-o. cJ 2 ad. et St. Michael's, Alaska, May, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



J juv. sk. Oct. (E. W. Nelson). 



p. Head & neck. Liverpool Bay {R. MacFar- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



laiie). 



q. 5 ad. sk. San Diego, California, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



r, s. Ad. sk. [Canada.] Govemt. of Canada 



[P.]. 



8. Branta ruficollis. 



Redbreasted Goose. 



Die Moppelgans (Anser peregrinus), Frisch, Vorstell. Vog. Devtschl. 



Suppl. pi. 157 (1763). 

 Anser ruficollis. Pall. Spicil. Zool. fasc. vi. p. 21, t. iv. (1769) ; id. 



Reise, iii. p. 701 (1776) ; Bonn. Enc. Meth. i. p. 116, n. 20 (1790) ; 



Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 231, n. 326 (1811) ; Beiuick, Br. B. 



ii. p. 261, with fig. (1816) ; Nilss. Orn. Suec. ii. p. 246, n. 252 



(1817) ; Vieill. N. I), xxiii. p. 333 (1818) ; Bum. Bict. Sc. Nat. 



XXV. p. 461 (1825) ; Menitr. Cat. Rais. p. 56, n. 194 (Lenkoran) 



