BERNICLA BRENTA : BRANT GOOSE. 30 1 



(Pr. Bost. Soc., xvii, 1875, p. 452). But later, the same 

 writer had occasion to restore the bird to his list, as he 

 did in the following terms : " A head and neck of 

 the Barnacle Goose is now in the possession of my 

 young friends, Mr. Russell Hooper and Mr. Outram 

 Bangs, of Boston. These were all that was unplucked 

 of a Goose found in Boston market this winter, and 

 which had been shot at Marshfield, Vt. From the 

 locality, it is not probable that the bird had escaped 

 from confinement, and therefore the species may once 

 more take its place among the many accidental visitors 

 to New England" (Pr. Bost. Soc., xix, 1878, p. 307). 



A Barnacle Goose was killed on Long Island, about 

 Oct. 20, 1876, by Mr. J. K. Kendall, as recorded by Mr. 

 Lawrence (Bull. Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 18 and note). 



BRANT GOOSE. 

 BERNICLA BRENTA (Pall.} Steph. 



Chars. Head, neck, body anteriorly, quills and tail, black ; a small 

 patch of white streaks on the middle of the neck, and usually 

 white touches on the under eyelid and chin ; upper tail-coverts 

 white ; back brownish-gray ; under parts the same, but paler, and 

 fading into white on the lower belly and crissum ; black of 

 jugulum well-defined against the color of the breast. Length, 

 24.00 ; wing, 13.00 ; tail, 5.00 ; bill, 1.33 ; tarsus, 2.25. 



A spring and fall migrant, and to some extent a 

 winter resident, though not so common at that season 

 as during the migrations, as the greater number of 

 individuals proceed further south. It leaves in April, 

 and does not breed with us. Brant Geese are chiefly 



