JAN., 1909. BIRDS OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN CORY. 71 



Head, tawny, streaked with brown; axillars, white, or grayish 

 white; throat, not streaked; feathers on bill, more than one-fourth 

 inch from nostril (female ) . Somateria spectabilis. 



King Eider Duck. 



See No. 62. 



Subfamily ANSERINE. Geese. 



Special Characters: Size, large; lores, feathered; tarsus, reticu- 

 late (scales rounded); hind toe, without flap. 



*GROUP 1. Wing, 12 to 14 inches long. 



Bill and feet black; head and neck, black; sides of neck (not 

 front, mottled with white; no speculum; lower breast, grayish; no 

 white on head. Branta bernicla glaucogastra. 



Brant. 



See No. 72. 



A patch of white on side of head, extending to throat; rest of head 

 and neck, black. Branta canadensis minima. 



Cackling Goose. 



See No. 7ib. 



* GROUP 2. Wing, from 14 to 22 inches long. 



SECTION 1. Head and neck, black or blackish, marked with more 

 or less white; bill and feet, black. 



Head and neck, black ; a patch of white on each 



cheek, extending to upper throat; no white on neck. 



Branta canadensis, and races. 



Canada Goose. 



See Nos. 71, 7ia, yib. 



Head and neck, black; side (not front] of neck, speckled with 

 white; upper belly, whitish. Common on Atlantic coast. 



Branta bernicla glaucogastra. 

 Brant. 



See No. 72. 



*For directions for measurement, see page 21. 



