270 WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 
ornithological books at hand, I fail to find a description 
of the Hutchin’s goose, and the only thing near it is 
that of the Brant goose, which corresponds exactly with 
the Hutchin’s goose, as recognized in Nebraska and 
Dakota. 
The nomenclature of the Goose family will put in 
doubt and mystify the wild fowl hunter greatly, for 
they receive their names in the West, not scientifically 
and historically, but locally. And when we find them 
classified under one name in a given locality, in another, 
perhaps not remote, names will be thrust upon them en- 
tirely dissimilar. As an illustration, I have known 
“Canada geese” called ‘ Canadas,” ‘“ Hutchin’s,”’ 
“Hudson Bay geese,” and some local hunters would evade 
all these and give them the appropriate, but not dignified 
name of “ Old Honkers”; and they would be persistent 
in their claims of right, and could not be convinced to 
the contrary. What is known as the “ Hutchin’s 
goose” in Nebraska is precisely like the Canada in ap- 
pearance, except in size, the Hutchin’s goose weighing 
from 7 to 9 pounds, while the Canadas run from 10 to 
18 pounds, averaging 11 to 12 pounds. They should 
be hunted in the same manner. The chapter on Can- 
ada goose shooting fully explains the most approved 
methods. 
