LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS 



173. BRANT. Branta bernicla glaucogastra. 



Range. Eastern North America, breeding in the 

 Arctic regions and wintering in the United States 

 east of the Mississippi. 



The Brant resembles a small Canada Goose, 

 except that the black of the neck extends on the 

 breast, and only the throat is white. They are 

 one of the favorite game birds and thousands are 

 shot every fall and spring. Their nests and eggs 

 are the same as the next species. 



174. BLACK BRANT. Branta nigricans. 



Range. Western North America, breeding in 

 Alaska and wintering on the Pacific coast of the 

 United States. Rare east of the Mississippi. 



Brant 

 Black Brant 



Grayish 



This species is like the last except that the 

 black extends on the under parts. This species 

 nests very abundantly in northern Alaska, laying 

 their eggs in a depression in the ground, lined with down. Favorite locations 

 are the many small islets in ponds and small lakes. They lay from four to 

 eight grayish colored eggs. Size 2.80 x 1.75. Data. Cape Bathurst, North 

 West Territory, Junes 22, 1901. Seven eggs in a small hollow in the ground, 

 lined with down. Collector, Capt. H. H. Bodfish. 



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