58 DUCK SHOOTING. 



The Canada goose has a triangular white patch on 

 each cheek, the two meeting under the throat, though 

 rarely they are separated by a black line. The head, 

 neck, wing quills, rump and tail are black; the lower 

 belly, upper and under tail coverts white; the upper 

 parts are dark grayish-brown, the feathers with paler 

 tips, and the lower parts are gray, fading gradually 

 into the white of the belly. The tail feathers number 

 from eighteen to twenty. The bird's length is from 36 

 to 40 inches, wing 18. The young are similar to the 

 adult, but the white cheek patches are sometimes 

 marked with black, and the black of the neck fades 

 gradually into the grayish of the breast. 



Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). 



Hutchins's goose exactly resembles the Canada goose 

 in color, but is smaller, and has fourteen or sixteen tail 

 feathers. The length of Hutchins's goose is about 30 

 inches, wing 16 inches or over. 



^Branta canadensis occidentalis (Baird). 



The western goose closely resembles the Canada 

 goose, although it is slightly smaller. At the base of 

 the black neck there is a distinct white collar running 

 around the neck, and separating the black from the 

 gray and brown of the body. 'This white collar," Mr. 



