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CANADA GOOSE. 



'Branta canadensis (Linn.). 



Of all the so-called gray geese, the most common and 

 best known is the Canada goose. Of this there are four 

 different forms — the Canada goose, Branta canaden- 

 sis; Hutchins's goose, Branta canadensis hutchinsii; 

 white-cheeked goose, Branta canadensis occidentalis ; 

 and cackling goose, Branta canadensis minima. Of 

 these the common wild goose and Hutchins's goose are 

 distributed over the whole United States, the latter 

 being chiefly western in its distribution, while the 

 white-cheeked or western goose and the cackling goose 

 are exclusively western, although the last named oc- 

 casionally occurs in the Mississippi Valley. 



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