62 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B 565, 566, C 478, R 593^. C 693.] 



Geog. Dist. — North America (rare on the Atlantic coast), breed- 

 ing far northward ; in winter south to Cape St. Lucas, Mexico, and 

 Cuba. 



Genus BRANTA Scopoli. 



Branta Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. 1769, 67. Type, Anas 

 bernida Linn. 



172. Branta canadensis (Linn.). 



Canada Goose. 



Anas canadensis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 123. 



Branta canadensis Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. 



[B 567, C 485, R 594, C 702.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, breeding in the north- 

 ern United States and British Provinces ; south in winter to Mexico. 



172^. Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). 



Hutchins's Goose. 



Anser hutchi?isii Rich, in Sw. & Rich. Faun. Bor. Am. II. 



1831, 470. 

 Branta canadensis var. hutchinsii Coues, Key, 1872, 284. 



[B 569, C 485^, R 594^, C 704.] 



Geog. Dist. — North America, breeding in the Arctic regions, 

 and migrating south in winter, chiefly through the western United 

 States and Mississippi Valley ; northeastern Asia. 



Vl^lb. Branta canadensis occidentalis (Baird). 



White-cheeked Goose. 



Bernida occidentalis Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 766. 

 Branta canadensis occidentalis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885,355. 



[6567^, C— R 594^, C—.] 



Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast region, from Sitka south, in winter, 

 to California. 



