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central, which enables them to walk with ease ; wings 
long ; tail short, rounded. 
Tue Witp Goose. 
Canada Goose. 
Anas Canadensis, Wils. 
Specific Character.—Length of bill from the corner 
of the mouth to the end, two inches and three-six- 
teenths; length of tarsi, two inches and seven- 
eighths ; length from the point of the bill to the end 
of the tail, about forty inches; wing, eighteen ; the 
head and greater portion of the neck black ; cheeks 
and throat white. Adult with the head, greater 
part of the neck, primaries, rump, and tail, black ; 
back and wings brown, margined with paler brown ; 
lower part of the neck and under plumage, whitish- 
grey ; flanks, darker grey ; cheeks and throat white, 
as are the upper and under tail-coverts. The plu- 
mage of the female rather duller. 
This bird is nowhere very abundant, but migrates 
across the Northern States in their entire breadth 
from ocean to ocean; it obeys the call well, and 
stools readily if the gunner is carefully concealed. 
It is the latest in its migrations of the wild-fowl. 
THe BRANT. 
Barnacle Goose—Brent Goose. 
Anas Bernicla, Wils. 
Specific Character.—Bill black ; head and neck ail 
round black ; a patch on the sides of the neck white ; 
