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Genus BRANTA Scoi'oij. 



BRANTA CANADENSIS (//;///.). 

 Canada Goose. 



AMf ■ Head and neck black: a patch of white on the side of the head behind the eye ex- 

 tending to the chin; back and wings grayish brown: breast and under parts dull grayish white, 

 becoming white on the belly; tail black. 



The immature bird is similar, but has the throat and cheeks sometimes mottled. 



Length. 40: Wing. 19; liill. 2.50; Tarsus. 3.20. 



The Canada Goose ran^^es throughout temperate North America, breed- 

 in<r in Northern United States and the 15ritish Provinces. It ranges in 

 winter south to Mexico and Jamaica. It occasionally occurs in Florida 

 in winter, as specimens have been killed on the Indian River and also m 

 Northwestern Florida. 



The nest, which is composed of sticks and grass lined with feathers, is 

 built in the marshes and on borders of streams ; it is claimed that sometimes 

 the nest is placed in a tree. At one time it bred commonly on the Magda- 

 lene Islands. The eggs are four or rive, usiudly brownish white. 



