). 
ANATIDZHi — ANSERINZ: GEESE. 687 
Analysis of Species and Varieties. 
Forehead, cheeks, and chin white. (European.) . . EY a pteelenParccihetcte oMtet ie) eb tsateteencemuconarsauocs, 
Forehead, cheeks, and chin black; white stripes on so 
Black of neck well defined against light lower parts . . . . + + «© + «© « «© «© « + « « Orenta 700 
Black of neck extending over breast ... . o) ste “el « ustte (eo © = TUNG mIUOTEsman UL 
Forehead black; cheeks and chin white; no white ated phe on Gone 
Tail normally 18-feathered. Large. 
No white collar in black oflower neck . . . - + »© © + © © © © © © e@ ee 8 canadensis 702 
A white collar in black oflowerneck . - . «. - - + + © © © © © © we eo occidentalis 702a 
Tail normally 16-feathered. Small. 
No white collar in black oflower neck. . . . «© s+ + 6 + © © © ee ee ee hutchinsi 04 
Aristo collarimblack of lower necks. ise le oe siete «js + oe Ceucopariay) {0s 
B. leucop'sis. (Gr. devxds, leucos, white; és, opsis, appearance: the face white.) 
BARNACLE Goosr. ‘Tail normally of 16 feathers. Bill, feet, and claws black. Iris brown. 
Front and sides of head 
and chin white, with a 
dark line at base of bill, 
and thence to eye. Rest 
of head and neck all 
around black, prolonged 
on the back and wings, 
the feathers of the latter 
bluish, gray at base and 
edged at end with whit- 
ish; rump and tail black. 
Upper and under tail- 
coverts, sides of rump, 
belly, and hind breast, p 
white or whitish, the yy i, 
sides shaded with gray. LS 
Quills dusky, blackening ile 
at ends, tinged on the 
exposed surfaces with 
ashy. Sexes similar; ? Dr ‘ Z go 
duller colored and smaller : 
than @. Length of g 
28.00; extent 55.00 ; 
wing 17.00; tail 6.00 
bill 1.50; tarsus 2.75; 
middle toe and claw the 
Nee 
same. Europe; very rare 
and casual in N. Am. ex- 
cepting Greenland, where 
regular. (Hudson’s Bay, 
Am. Nat., ii, 1868, p. 49. 
N. Carolina, Am. Nat., 
v, 1871, p. 10. Long Island, Bull. Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 18. Hlinois, Forest and Stream, 
Nov. 23, 1876.) 
B. bren’‘ta. (Quasi-Lat. brenthus, brentus, burnt. Fig. 475.) Brant Goose. Bill, feet, and 
claws black ; iris brown. Head and neck all around, and a little of fore part of body, glossy- 
black, well defined against the color of the breast : on each side of the neck a small patch of 
white streaks; frequently also white touches on eyelid and chin. Breast ashy-gray, beginning 
Fic. 476. — Black Brant. (From American Field.) 
