AVES. 49 



ANSERES. 



ANATIDAE. 



92. CHEN CAERULESCENS (Linne") Gundlach. 



Blue goose; Blue wavy. 



Ridgway, Manual No. Amer. birds, 1887, p. 114. Elliot, 

 New and heretofore unfigured birds No. Amer., 1869, vol. 2, pi. 43. 



Anas caerulescens Linne", Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 124. 

 " CANADA." 



Salt and fresh water; nests on the ground. 



N. H. Rare fall migrant: Lake Umbagog, Oct. 2, 1896. 

 MASS. Rare fall migrant: West Gloucester, Oct. 20, 1876. 

 R. I. Rare migrant: Westerly, Mar. 16, 1894. Other records 

 in error for C. hyperborea. 



93. ANSER ALBIFRONS GAMBELI (Hartlaub) Coues. 



American white -fronted goose; Laughing goose. 



Anser gambelli (sic) Hartl., Rev. and mag. zool., ser. 2, 1852, 

 vol. 4, p. 7. "TEXAS." 



Anser albifrons Bechst. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, 

 p. 209, pi. 380. 



Fresh and salt water; nests on the ground. 



VT. Doubtfully recorded. 



MASS. Accidental migrant (? formerly regular): Ipswich, 

 Aug. 1907; Plymouth, Nov. 26, 1897; Quincy. 



94. BRANTA CANADENSIS (Linne) Bannister. 



Canada goose; Wild goose. 



Anas canadensis Linne*, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 123. 

 "CANADA." 



Anser canadensis (Linne"). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 178, pi. 376. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 35, pi. 12, fig. 2. 



Fresh and salt water; nests on the ground, rarely in trees. 



