CATALOGUE. 69 



84. BRANTA BERNICLA, L. 

 (BRANT GOOSE.) 



Abundant in the fall and spring during the migrations. 



85. BRANT CANADENSIS, L. 

 (CANADA GOOSE.) 



The first was seen August 22. They are very abundant 

 in the spring and fall, when the inhabitants, who do not 

 deign to shoot smaller birds, load their muskets with buck- 

 shot and repair to the ponds, where they kill great numbers 

 of them. I was told that twenty years ago they bred abun- 

 dantly at East Point, but of late years none have been ob- 

 served. 



86. ANAS OBSCURA, Gm. 

 (DUSKY DUCK.) 



Common all-over the islands wherever fresh-water ponds 

 are to be found. 

 Breeds. 



