644 APPENDIX A. 



No. n. 



BRANT. 



A. O. U. No. 173. Branta bernicla (Linn.). 



Description. Adult: Head and neck all around and fore breast (all around, i. e., with 

 corresponding lateral and -dorsal portions) sooty black; a narrow stripe or broken half-neck- 

 lace of white spots on side of neck; lower belly and under tail-coverts well around on sides 

 to include lateral third and longer feathers of upper tail-coverts, pure white; remaining 

 plumage sooty brownish gray or slaty brown, darker on back, lighter on belly; the feathers 

 of sides and some on wing-coverts tipped with dull white; wing-quills and tertials blacken- 

 ing toward tips; tail black, but mostly concealed by white coverts; bill and feet black. In 

 the specimen from which this description is made, a male in full plumage taken in Labrador, 

 the gray of breast does not fade to white on lower belly (Ridgway et al.) but contrasts 

 abruptly with it, at the point of insertion of the legs, as well as with the black of fore-breast. 

 Immature : "Similar but with less white on the sides of the neck and wing-coverts, and 

 secondaries tipped with white" (Chapman). Length 24.00-30.00 (609.6-762.) ; wing 13.00 

 (330.2) ; tail 5.00 (127.) ; bill 1.50 (38.1) ; tarsus 2.10-2.40 (53.3-61.) (R.). the Columbus 

 specimen 2.60 (66.). 



Recognition Marks. "Brant size" ; dark coloration, sooty black on head and neck, 

 dark fuscous elsewhere, with conspicuous white of lower belly and tail-coverts. 



Nest, on cliffs or sandy beaches, of moss and grasses, lined with copious feathers and 

 down. Eggs, 4-6, creamy or dirty white. Av. size, 2.70 x 1.80 (68.6 x 45.7). 



General Range. "Northern parts of the northern hemisphere ; in North America chiefly 

 on the Atlantic Coast ; rare in the interior or away from salt water." Probably the true 

 bernicla is much less common in North America than formerly supposed. 



Supposed Occurrence in Ohio. Doubtfully admitted to Wheaton's list on the basis 

 of general statements by Kirtland and Langdon. On May 30th, 1902, Professor Lynds 

 Jones and I came upon a bird in the Licking Reservoir which we had every reason to believe 

 was a Brant, but whether of this species or the next it is impossible to say. 



No. 12. 



WHITE-BELLIED BRANT. 



A. O. U No. 1733. Branta bernicla glaucogastra (Brehm). 



Description. Similar to preceding species but with more white below. "It has the 

 under parts below the breast almost pure white, and the white on the sides of the neck does 

 not meet in front" (as distinguished from B. nigricans of the Pacific Coast) (Seebohm). 



General Range. Imperfectly distinguished as yet from that of B. bernicla. "Extreme 

 northern part of the northern hemisphere, including Arctic Amerida, migrating southward 

 in winter." 



Supposed Range in Ohio. It is possible that all alleged Brant records for the stale 

 belong to this imperfectly known subspecies. 



No. 13. 



FLORIDA CORMORANT. 



A. O. U. No. I2oa. Phalacrocorax dilophus floridanus (Aud.). 



Description. Quite similar to P. dilophus, but decidedly smaller. Length 22.00-30.00 

 (558.8-762.) j _wing 11.75 (298.5); tail 6.00 (152.4): bill 2.18 (55-4); tarsus 2.45 (62.2). 



Recognition Marks. Brant size ; as in preceding species ; smaller. 



Nest, and Eggs not peculiar. Av. size of eggs, 2.36 x 1.45 (59.9 x 36.8). 



General Range. South Atlantic and Gulf States, northward in the Mississippi Valley 

 to southern Illinois. 



Supposed Occurrence in Ohio. The birds which formerly bred at the Grand Reser- 

 voir were referred by Messrs. Langdon, Dury and others to this subspecies, but the evidence 

 is not clear. 



