BIRDS OF MAINE. 37 



Genus BRANTA Scopoli. 



76. (172). Branta canadensis (Xmn.). Canada Goose. 

 Generally distributed as a migrant throughout the state, and the 



V-shaped flocks of these birds, led by some old gander, are a com- 

 mon sight in fall and spring. They breed in the north. 



County Records. — Audroscoggin, "common migrant" (Johnson) ; 

 Cuuiberhmd, "migrant" (Mead) ; Franklin, "common migrant" (Rich- 

 ards) ; Hancock, "migrant" (Murch) ; Kennebec, "migrant" (Gardiner 

 Branch); Knox, "migrant" (RacklifF) : Oxford, "common migrant" 

 (Johnson) ; Penobscot, "flocks flaying overhead are a common sight in the 

 spring and fall migrations" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "migrant" (Homer) ; 

 Sagadahoc, "common in migration'' (Spinney) ; Somerset, "not common 

 migrant" (Morrell) ; Waldo, "migrant" (Spratt) ; Washington, "com- 

 mon" (Boardman) ; York, "rare migrant" (Adams). 



77. (172 a). Brauta canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). Hutch- 

 in's Goose. 



While the evidence at hand will allow us to rank the species as 

 accidental only it is highly probable that these birds may occur 

 quite regularly in the migrations. This species is cited by Smith 

 as having been shot in Maine. (Cf. Smith, Forest and Stream, 

 Vol. 20, p. 125). Fortunately I have later and more positive evi- 

 dence of its occurrence, for in a recent letter Dr. Brock of Port- 

 land writer : "I can give you the most positive information regard- 

 ing the Hutchin's Goose, as I have the specimen myself. It is ant 

 adult male and was taken at Cape Elizabeth, November 13, 1894. 

 I have seen a specimen said to have been shot in the Rangeley 

 region." 



78. (173). Branta bernicla (Zmn.). Brant. 



A common migrant along the coast and of rare occurrence in 

 the interior. 



County Records. — Cumberland, "rare" (Brock) ; Hancock, "spring 

 migrant" (Dorr) ; Kennebec (given in Hamlin's List of Birds of Water- 

 ville, Rep. Sec'y Me. Bd., Agr., 1865, p. 172) ; Knox, "migrant" 

 (Rackliff); Oxford (Maynard's List of Birds of Coos Co., N. H. and 

 Oxford Co., Me., p. 29) ; Sagadahoc, "common in migrations" (Spinney) ; 

 Washington, "common" (Boardman). 



