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BRANT. 



Branta hernida (Linn.). 



Two species of brant, known as the brant or brant 

 goose {Branta bernida), and the black brant {Branta 

 nigricans) , occupy respectively the Atlantic and Pacific 

 coasts of America. Both are salt water birds, and, as a 

 rule, do not venture inland. They are found almost 

 exclusively on tide waters, although stragglers have oc- 

 casionally been taken in the Mississippi Valley. The 

 common brant of the Atlantic coast is common to the 

 Old and the New World. Both these species are 

 small geese, but little larger than Ross's goose, which, 

 as already stated, is about the size of a mallard duck. 



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