126 CHECK- LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



HAB. North America, breeding far north, and migrating south in 

 winter, chiefly along the Atlantic coast, reaching Cuba. 



170. Chen rossii (BAIRD). 

 Ross's Snow Goose. 



Anser rossii " BAIRD MSS.," CASS. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 73. 

 Chen rossii RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 24, 1880, 203. 



[B ,C 4 8i, RS 9 2, C6 97 .] 



HAB. Arctic America in summer, Pacific coast to Southern Cali- 

 fornia in winter. 



GENUS ANSER BRISSON. 



Anser BRISSON, Orn. VI. 1760, 261. Type, Anas anser LINN. 

 [171.] Anser albifrons (GM.). 



White-fronted Goose. 



Anas albifrons GMEL. S. N. I. 1788, 509. 



Anser albifrons BECHST. Gem. Naturg. Deutschl. IV. 1809, 898. 



[B -, C -, R 593, C 692.] 

 HAB. Northern parts of Eastern Hemisphere and Greenland. 



171 a. Anser albifrons gambeli (HARTL.). 



American White-fronted Goose. 



Anser gambeli HARTLAUB, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1852, 7. 

 Anser albifrons var. gambeli COUES, Key, 1872, 282. 



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



HAB. North America, breeding far northward ; in winter south to 

 Mexico and Cuba. 



GENUS BRANTA SCOPOLI. 



Branta SCOPOLI, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. 1769, 67. Type, Anas bernicla 

 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. 



