Catalogue of Canadian Birds. 29 



Branta canadensis hutchinsii. 



HUTCHINS'S GOOSE. 



A north-western form. It breeds in tlie Arctic rej^ions, and 

 goes south in winter. It is rather common in British Cohnnbia, 

 and occurs casually in the Great Lakes, and in Hudson's Bay, 

 and was taken by Kennicott in Red River. Kumlien reports 

 taking one in Cumberland Bay. 



Branta canadensis occidentalis. 



WlIITIi-CUEliKEl) GOOSE. 



Occurs along the sea-coast of British Columbia, but is nut a 

 common bird. It winters in California. 



Branta canadensis minima. 



CACKLING GOOSE. 



This species must pass through Canadian territory on its 

 migrations from Alaska to the Western States, but there is, as 

 yet, no record of its capture within the Canadian boundaries. 



Branta bernicla. 



BKANT, 



A very abundant migrant along the Atlantic coast, but neither 

 Couper nor Neilson have seen it near OuebeCj and it is but 

 rarely met with at Montreal, or through the Great Lakes, though 

 GiHiiS gives it as "common" in Michigan. Its name appears in 

 Thompson's catalogue of Western Manitoba, and in Dr. Coues's 

 list of species observed in Northern Dakota and Montana. It 

 probably breeds in the interior of Labrador and in the large lakes 

 near Cumberland Bay. 



