94 Birds of Canada. 
Canada Goose is thirty-five inches long. The 
upper parts, brownish; the lower, a pale brown, 
with a tinge of purple-gray or smoky-brown ; 
head, neck, bill, and feet, black ; a patch of white 
on the cheek, behind the eye. Tail, of eighteen 
feathers. 
B. leucopareta—The White-cheeked Goose. 
The White-cheeked Goose is smaller than the 
Canada Goose, and much darker in color. It is 
distinguished by a white cheek. Accidental in 
Canada. Habitat, British Columbia. 
B. brenta—The Brant. 
This bird closely resembles the Canada Goose 
in its habits. It is twenty-four inches long. Bill, 
feet, head, tail, and neck, black. On each side 
of the middle of the neck is a small white cres- 
cent streaked with black; the belly, gray, pass- 
ing into white behind. 
Sub-Family ANATINA.—The River Ducks. 
Anas boschas—The Mallard, or Green-head. 
This well known duck breeds in Canada. 
Nests, in a meadow, or near a pond ; eggs, ten 
or twelve, of a yellowish white. The Green-head 
is the original of our domestic duck. 
