of the United Stales. 377 



in the northern states or Canada, which is rather extraordi- 

 nary, as in the old continent, it migrates much farther south.* 



313. Anser canadensis, Vieill. Dark ash; head, neck and 

 tail black ; cheeks and throat white ; bill and feet black ; 

 tail of eighteen feathers. 



Canada Goose, Anas canadensis, Wils. Am. Orn. viii. 

 p. 52- pi. 67. Jig. 4. Bemicla canadensis, Boie. 



Inhabits North America: common during winter in the 

 middle states : domesticated in both continents, and produ- 

 cing mongrels with Anser cinereus. 



319. Anser leucopsis, Bechst. Dark cinereous ; neck and 

 tail black ; face, and beneath from the breast, white ; bill 

 and feet black. 



Bemicla or ClaJcis, Lath. La Bemache, Bujfon, pi. enl. 

 885. Anas leucopsis, Temm. Anas erythopus, L. 



Inhabits the Arctic circle, migrating during winter to more 



* 1. Anser cinereus, Meyer. Light cinereous, beneath whitish ; rump 

 cinereous; wings not reaching to the tip of the tail; bill stout, orange, 

 nail whitish ; feet yellowish. 



Gray-lag Goose, Latham. Oca paglietana, Slor. degli uccelli. v. pi. 559. 

 Anas anser, L. Temm. 



Inhabits the cold and temperate regions of eastern Europe and Asia : 

 not uncommon during winter in Italy: never observed wild in America: 

 domesticated throughout the world. 



2. Anser rufescens, Brehm. Dark cinereous, beneath whitish, strongly 

 tinged with rusty ; wings not reaching to the tip of the tail ; bill short, 

 stoutish, hardly depressed, black and orange. 



Inhabits the Arctic regions : common in Iceland: strays accidentally to 

 the north of Europe. 



3. Anser medius, Temm. Dark cinereous, beneath whitish; rump black- 

 ish; wings when closed reaching to the tip of the tail ; bill and feet yellow. 

 Length less than two feet. 



Anser cineraceus ? Brehm. Anser medius, Meyer. Never figured. 



Inhabits the Arctic regions : migrating accidentally to the north of 

 Europe. All these species are probably accidental visitants of the United 

 States ; we therefore mention them in notes. 



