ANATID ALOR XVI. 235 
bill pink ; feet yellow; nostrils basal. L.27. W.17. T.6. Ts. 3. 
N. Am., common W. of Mts. (Hu.) The American form is 
var. gambeli (Hartlaub), distinguished by longer bill. B. 13 to 2. 
The tame goose, A. anser L., is a European relative. (Lat., white- 
fronted.) 
367. BRANTA Scopoli. (Eng., Brant.) 
a. Forehead black; cheeks and chin white; no white stripes or collar on 
neck. 
720. B. canadensis (L.). WiLp Goose. CANADA GOOSE. 
Grayish brown, more or less barred with whitish, paler below ; 
head and neck black ; tail black ; upper coverts and crissum white. 
L. 36. W.20. T. 74. B.2. N. Am., abundant, U.S. in winter ; 
the commonest of our geese; runs into varieties W. 
aa. Forehead, cheeks, and chin black; white stripes on neck. 
721. B. bernicla (L.). Brant Goose. -. BARNACLE GOOSE. 
Head, neck, front, quills, and tail black; white patch on neck; 
white on rump, crissum, etc; back brownish gray. L. 24. W. 13. 
T. 5. B. 1%. N. Atl., rarely S. in winter. (Eu.) (Eng. barnacle ; 
these geese once supposed to hatch from barnacles.) 
368. OLOR Wagler. (Lat., Swan.) 
722. O. columbianus (Ord). Wuuisttinc Swan. Tail 20 
feathered ; bill with a yellow spot, not longer than head; nostrils 
median. L.50. W.20. T.8. 3B.4. N. Am., mostly coastwise. 
(From Columbia R.) 
723. O. buccinator (Richardson). TRUMPETER Swan. Plum- 
age white, sometimes washed with rusty ; young grayish; tail (nor- 
mally) 24 feathered; bill black without yellow spot, longer than 
head ; nostrils sub-basal. L.60. W.27. T.9. B. 43. N. Am. 
E. to Ill. (Lat., trumpeter.) 
OrperR XXXVI. HERODIONES. (THE Herons anp 
STORKS.) 
Desmognathous waders, without basipterygoid processes; the 
feet not palmate. Birds mostly, but not always, of large size, with 
compressed bodies, long legs, and a very long S-bent neck of 15 to 
17 vertebrz; tibia naked below; toes long and slender, cleft or 
slightly webbed, the hind toe long and usually not elevated, pro- 
vided with a large claw. Wings broad, rounded; tail short. 
Head contracted to the stout base of the bill which is long and 
usually hard and acute, with sharp cutting edges; nostrils small, 
elevated part of head often naked. Altricial. The species live 
about water, feeding on fishes, reptiles, ete., which are speared by 
a thrust of the bill. ‘The leading families are represented in our 
fauna. 
