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Besides TiirnbuUV statement that it is rare, we have Dr. C. C. 

 Abbott's (1868) record of one shot at Barnegat many years ago, and 

 the statement of Mr. Chas. A. Voelker that one was shot on the Dela- 

 ware in 1877, which was mounted by him. 



172 Branta canadensis (Linnaeus). 

 Canada Goose. 



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Adults. — Length, ?>o-4'.i. Wing, 16-21. Above, blackisli-brown, featliers with 

 lighter edgings ; under parts, gray ; whole head and neck, black, except a broad 

 white patch running from behind the eyes across the cheeks and throat ; chin, 

 black. 



Common transient or winter visitant l)oth on the coast and on Dela- 

 ware Bay, and frequently seen in the migrations flying high overhead 

 inland. October 1st to April 15th. 



Occasionally alights during storms on ponds in the interior. 



172a Branta canadensis hutchinsi (Richardson). 



Hutchins's Goose. 



Similar to the Canada Goose, but smaller. Length, 25-34. Wing, 14.75- 

 17.75. 



This is a western variety of the Canada Goose, and has been taken 

 on Long Island.^ "Homo," writing in Forest and Stream, March 

 2d, 1882, says that he shot one at Tuckerton, and that the bird is well 

 known on Barnegat Bay by the name of Sedge Goose. I know of no 

 other record for New Jersey. 



173 Branta bernicia glaucogastra (Brehm). 



Brant. 



Adulte. — Length, 24-30. Wing, 12.50-13.50. Brownish-gray above, feathers 

 edged with whitish ; pale gray below, becoming white on posterior parts and 

 crissum ; whole head, neck, upper breast and back, black, making a sharp con- 

 trast with the gray abdomen ; a small patch of white streaks on each side of 

 the neck. 



' Chapman's Handbook, p. 122. 



