284 ANATIDH, GEESE.—GEN. 251. 
breast ; 2 feet long; wing 13; tail 5; bill 14; tarsus 24. Hudson’s Bay; 
Arctic and Atlantic (and Pacific?) Coast, S. in winter to Carolina or further ; 
common. WILS., viii, 131, pl. 72, f. 1; Sw. and Ricn., F. B.-A. ii, 469 ; 
Nurt., ii, 859; Aup., vi, 203, pl. 379; Bp., 767... -  . = BUERNICEAS 
Var. niericans. Black Brant. Similar; black of jugulum extending over most 
of the under parts, gradually fading behind ; white neck patches usually larger and 
meeting in front. Both coasts; very abundant on the Pacific; not common on the 
Atlantic. Lawr., Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 1846, 171; 
Cass., Ill. 52, pl. 10; Bo., 767. 
Canada Goose. Common Wild Goose. 
Tail normally 18-feathered. Grayish-brown, 
below paler or whitish-gray, bleaching on 
the crissum, all the feathers with lighter 
edges; head and neck black, with a broad 
white patch on the throat moutiting each side 
of the head; tail black, with white upper 
coverts. About 36; wing 18-20; tail 64-74; 
bill 12-2; tarsus usually over 3. N. Am., 
abundant; U.S. chiefly in winter, but also 
occasionally in summer, breeding sparingly. 
WIELS., viii, 52, pl. 67, f. 4; Sw. and Ricw., Fn. B.-A. ii, 468; Nurt., 
11,7549); -Aub., vi, 178, pl: 376) Bp. (G4). <9 CANAD ENG ESE 
Fig. 185. a, Canada Goose; b, var. leuco- 
pareia. 
Var. teucopareIA. Black of neck bounded below by a white jugular collar ; 
under parts rather darker than is usual in the Canada goose, well defined against 
the white of the jugulum and crissum. Size of the last; tail feathers 18. Cass., 
Ill. 272, pl. 45; Bp., 765. B. occidentalis Bp., 766 (in text). 
Var. nurcuinsi. Tail usually 16-feathered. Colors exactly as in the Canada 
goose, but size less. About 23 feet long; wing 15-17; tail 5-6; bill 14-12; 
tarsus rather under 3. N. Am., but chiefly northern and western. Svw. and Ricu., 
EF. B.-A., ii, 470% Norn, ii, 362); Aup., vi, 198) spl 3775) Bp... coo. 
251. Genus DENDROCYGNA Swainson. 
* .* Duck-like arboricole geese, with the bill longer than the head, terminated by 
a prominent nail, the legs very long with the tibize extensively denuded below, the 
hind toe lengthened, more than one-third as long as the tarsus. In addition to the 
following species, a third, D. arborea, of the West Indies, may occur in the South. 
Fulvous Tree Duck. Pale cinnamon or yellowish-brown, darker on the 
crown, the nape with a black line, the bend of the wing chocolate-brown ; 
rest of the wing, rump and tail, black, its upper and under coverts white ; 
scapulars and fore back dark with pale cinnamon edgings; Dill and feet 
blackish ; 20; wing 94; tail 34; bill 14; tarsus 24. S$. and Cent. Am. and 
Mexico; Southwestern U. S., not common. Fort Tejon, Cal. (Xantus), 
Bo., 770; Fort Whipple, Ariz., Cours, Proc. Phila. Acad. 1866, 98; Gal- 
veston, Tex. (Dresser; breeding) ; New Orleans, La. (Moore). . FULVA. 
Autumnal Tree Duck. Blackish, including a nuchal stripe; crown, most 
of neck and fore breast, middle of back and scapulars, reddish-chocolate ; 
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