FAMILY ANATIDA.— DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 81 
SUBFAMILY ANSERINZ2. 
Geese. 
Lores, feathered ; tarsus, reticulate. 
*Group Il. Wing, 12 to 14 inches long. 
Bill and feet black; head and neck, black; sides of neck (not front), mottled with 
white ; no speculum; lower breast, grayish; no white on head. 
Branta bernicla. Brant. 
See No. 132. 
Head and neck, black; front and sides of neck, mottled with white; no speculum; 
lower breast, dark, not pale gray; no white on head. 
Branta nigricans. Black Brant. 
See No. 133. 
A patch of white on side of head, extending to throat; rest of head and neck, black. 
Western United States, rarely to Wisconsin. Bernicla canadensis minima. Cackling Goose. 
See No. 131. 
*Group 2. Wing, from 14 to 20 inches long. 
Section 1. Head and neck, black or blackish, marked with 
more or less white; bill and feet, black. 
Head and neck, black; a patch of white on each cheek, extending to upper throat; 
no white on neck. Branta canadensis and races. Canada Goose. 
See Nos. 129, 130. 
Head and neck, black; side (not front) of neck, speckled with white; upper belly, 
whitish. Common on Atlantic coast. Branta bernicla. Brant. 
See No. 132. 
Head and neck, black; side and front of neck, speckled with white; upper belly, 
grayish brown. Rare on Atlantic coast. Branta nigricans. Black Brant. 
See No. 133. 
Face and upper breast, white; lores, black; back of head, black. European species 
occasionally found on our coast. Branta leucopsis. Barnacle Goose. 
See No. 134. 
* For directions for measurement, see page 9 
