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approach mimic their cackle so well, that the Geese will an- 

 swer, and wheel and come near the stand. The sportsman 

 keeps motionless and on his knees, with his gun cocked the 

 whole time, and never fires till he has seen the eyes of the 

 Geese. He fires as they are going from him— then picks up ano- 

 ther gun that lies by him, and discharges that. The Geese which 

 he has killed he sets upon sticks, as if alive, to decoy others — he 

 also makes artificial birds for the same purpose. In a good day — 

 for they fly in very uncertain and unequal numbers, a single Indian 

 will kill two hundred. Notwithstanding every species of Goose 

 has a different call, yet the Indians are admirable in their imita- 

 tion of every one." — Pennant's Arctic Zoology, as quoted by 

 Bewick. 



ANSER HUTCHTNSII. 



HUTCHINS'S GOOSE. 



Anser Kutchinsii, Hntchins's Bernacle Goose, Sw. & Rich. 

 Hatching's Goose, Anser Hutchinsii, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill from the corner of the mouth to the end, 

 one inch and nine-sixteenths ; length of tarsi two inches and seven- 

 sixteenths ; head and upper part of the neck black ; cheeks white. 

 Adult with the bill black; head and upper part of the neck glossy 

 black ; a white patch on the sides of the head and neck, similar to 

 A. Canadensis ; upper parts brownish-gray, the feathers margined 

 with paler ; lower parts pale grayish-brown, margined with yel- 

 lowish-brown ; abdomen and lower tail coverts white ; tail of six- 

 teen feathers, of a deep brown color, as are the primary quills ; feet 

 and claws black. Length twenty-seven inches, wing sixteen. 



At the eastern extremity of Long Island, this species is not un- 

 common. At Montauk it is known by the name of " Mud Goose," 

 and is frequently observed in company with the preceding species, 

 40 which, in the general color of the plumage, it bears a strong re- 



