62 CHECK-LIST OF.NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
[B 565, 566, C 478, R 593@, C 693.] 
Groc. Dist.— North America (rare on the Atlantic coast), breed- 
ing far northward; in winter south to Cape St. Lucas, Mexico, and 
Cuba. 
Genus BRANTA Scopott. 
Branta Scopout, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. 1769, 67. Type, <Azas 
bernicla LINN. 
172. Branta canadensis (Linn.). 
Canada Goose. 
Anas canadensis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 123. 
Branta canadensis BANNISTER, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. 
[Bi s67, C 48s, R soa © yo2.) 
Geoc. Dist.—Temperate North America, breeding in the north- 
ern United States and British Provinces; south in winter to Mexico. 
172a. Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Ricu.). 
Hutchins’s Goose. 
Anser hutchinsii Rick. in Sw. & Ricu. Faun. Bor. Am. II. 
1831, 470. 
Branta canadensis var. hutchinsii COUES, Key, 1872, 284. 
[B 569, C 4852, R 5944, C 704.] 
Groc. Dist.— North America, breeding in the Arctic regions, 
and migrating south in winter, chiefly through the western United 
States and Mississippi Valley; northeastern Asia. 
1724. Branta canadensis occidentalis (Bairp). 
White-cheeked Goose. 
Bernicla occidentalis Barrp, B. N. Am. 1858, 766. 
Branta canadensis occidentalis Ripew. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 
1885, 355- 
[B 5674, C—, R 5944, C—.] 
Groc. Dist.— Pacific coast region, from Sitka south, in winter, 
to California. 
