A. O. U. 
NO. 
129 (172) 
130. (1720) 
131 (172c) 
132 (173) 
133. (174) 
134 (175) 
135 (179) 
136 (180) 
137. (181) 
UIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
Genus BRANTA. Scorotrt. 
BRANTA CANADENSIS. Linn. Canada Goose. 
Temperate North America; breeding in Northern United States and 
British Provinees ; ranges in winter as far south as Mexico and 
Jamaica; winters in great numbers on Atlantic coast, south of 
Virginia. 
Branta canadensis hutchinsii. (Sw. Anp Ricu.) Hutchins’s Goose. 
Similar to the Canada Goose, but smaller; wing usually less than 16 
inches long (carpus to tip); western species rare, east of Missis- 
sippi Valley. 
Branta canadensis minima. Ripaw. Cackling Goose. 
A still smaller race ; wing, rarely over 14.50; underparts darker, having 
the breast and upper belly tinged with brownish; Pacific species 
sasual as far east as Wisconsin; not recorded farther east than 
Illinois. 
BRANTA BERNICLA. (LINN.) Brant. 
From Arctic Circle where it breeds; south in eastern North America to 
Georgia; accidental in Florida. 
BRANTA NIGRICANS. (LAawr.) Black Brant. 
Western species, occasionally taken on Atlantic coast. 
BRANTA LEUCOPSIS. (Brcustr.) Barnacle Goose. 
The European Barnacle Goose occurs in Greenland ; it is rare on Atlantic 
coast of United States. The white on forehead and sides of head 
and chin will always distinguish it from American species. 
Subfamily CYGNINAZ. Swans. 
Genus OLOR. Wacter. 
OLOR CYGNUS. (LINN.) Whooping Swan. 
Old world species which occurs in Greenland, but not elsewhere in North 
America. It has the base of the mandible and bare loral skin 
yellow. 
OLOR COLUMBIANUS. (Orb.) Whistling Swan. 
Whole of North America; breeding far north; common on coast of Vir- 
ginia and Carolinas in winter. 
OLOR BUCCINATOR. (Ricu.) Trumpeter Swan. 
Western species ; rare on Atlantic coast of United States ; Illinois. 
