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Morris.' vii,, 10, 149 — ^IVTany remain on the lakes near Newberne, N". 

 C., all summer — J K. W. vii., 11, 164 — Very common epriog and 

 fall migra t at Ann, Arbor, Mich., paHsing here from March 10. to the 

 middle of April — A. B. (\)vert. vii., 32, 346 — A. fl >ck noticed at 

 Salem, Mass , Deceuilier 30. 1876, very late for them — "Teal" (R. L. 

 Newcomh). vii., 24, 373 — /^Vccount of their breeding in confiuement, 

 in v/hich is the statement that the goose does not lay before the third 

 year — Philip Vibert. vii., 25, 389 — Found in Southeastern Wyoming, 

 April 3, 1875 -A. G Brackett. vii. , 26, 405 — Several instances of 

 their breeding in conflnemont. viii , 2, 17 — Account of them in con- 

 finement, when they became unfit tor food, owing to the foul water 

 they inhabited, viii., 2, 23— Flying north over Dunnville, Wis., 

 February 4, 1877 — H. E. K. viii.. 4, 50— Speaks of their going off in 

 the spring after having been domesticated, and bringing uack a brood 

 in the fall— " Audubon." viii, 6, 80 — Arrived at Lake City, Minn., 

 February 15. 1877— D. C. Estes. viii., 7, 96- Noticed at Plymouth, 

 Mass., in 1852— F. C. Browne, viii., 7, 96— " Habits of Domesti- 

 cated Wild Geese" — G. P. viii., 10, 146— Spring and autumn migrant 

 at Webster, N. H. — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 12, 177— Domestication 

 of the Canada Goose at Benson Grove, Iowa— H. H, viii., 14, 208 — 

 " Wild Geese in Confinement'' near Portland, Me. — " Mac." viii., 

 15, 224 — Account of their being bred in confinement in Virginia — 

 Jesse T. Littleton, viii., 16, 241— Pass over Coteau des Prairies, Da- 

 kota, in April ; return in September; remain until October 31 ; a few 

 breed— Chas E. McOhe?ney. viii , 18, 280— Extract from the St. 

 Louis Republican about tatne geese, viii , 22, 360 — Account of their 

 breeding in confinement in Virginia — R. H. viii , 23, 380 — Found in 

 Michigan— " Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). ix., 22, 415— Flying north 

 at Watertown,Wis., December 23, 1877— S. S. W. x., 5, 76— Dates of 

 arrival in spring at Framingham, Mass., for twenty-five years— F. C, 

 Browne, x.. 6, 99— Noticed at Dover, N. H., March 11, 1878— G. 

 A. W. xi., 3, 47 — Common in spring at Peotone, 111. — D. H. Eaton, 

 xii. , 4, 67— Account of their mating with a tame goose. — J. D. H. 

 xii., 10, 188— Plenty, April 7, 1879. at Haytp, N . Y.— L. E. W. xii., 

 17, 326— Have a pair domesticated— M. W. Clark, xii., 30, 385 — 

 Nest found at Lake Como, Wyoming, May 2, with seven eggs ; nest 

 built up securely with reeds and sticks about efghteen inches above 

 the water on marsh — S. W. Williston. 



Branta canadensis hntcliinsii. Hutchins' Goose, ii., 1, 2 — Found at 

 Humboldt Bay, Cal. — " Monmouth" (Aug. K. Egbert}, ii., 8, 124— 

 Short description of the species by the Editors, iii., 9, 129 — Found 

 in the Northwestern Territories — Mortimer Kerry, vi., 18, 284 — 

 Found in Nebraska— C. H. Phillips, vii., 16, 245 — Found in the 

 Chicago markets — Thos. H. riowell. viii., 23, 380 — This form is 

 found in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). 



Branta kucopsis. Barnncle Goose, ii., 8, 123— It is a mooted question 

 whether it has ever been taken in North America — Editors, vii. 12, 

 181— One found in the makets, October 20, 1876, in New York City, 

 represented to have been taken on Long Island — ' . G. Kendall, vii., 

 • 18, 276 — Giving further particulars about the above specimen, and 

 stating that there is a specimen in the museum at Central Park, N. 

 Y. , that was shot at Currituck— J. R Kendall. The Editors state in 

 a foot-note that there is a specimen in the Smithsonian Institution (see 

 Am. Nat., II., p. 49), and another specimen taken in the United 

 States was the property for a time of Mr. E. Wade, Jr. (see Am. Nat , 

 v., p. 10). 



Brant Bird Local name on the New Jersey coast for Strepailaa interpres. 



Braat Goose. Si e Brant/i bernicla. 



Brewer's Blackbird. St e Scolecopliagug cyanocepJvahu, 



Brewster's Linnet. See Linota flavirostrin brewsteri. 



