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was taken, was shot on the Delaware, below Phila- 

 delphia, on the 15th of February, and on dissection 

 proved to be a male ; the windpipe had no labyrinth, 

 but, for an inch or two before^ its divarication into 

 the lungs, was inflexible, not extensile like the rest, 

 and rather wider in diameter. The gullet had an 

 expansion before entering the stomach, which last was 

 remarkably strong, the two great grinding muscles 

 being nearly five inches in diameter. The stomach was 

 filled with fragments of the roots of reeds and fine sand. 

 The intestines measured eight feet in length, and were 

 not remarkably thick. The liver was small. For the 

 young and female of this species, see next article. 



Latham observes that this species is very numerous 

 at Hudson's Bay, that they visit Severn River in May, 

 and stay a fortnight, but go farther north to breed ; 

 they return to Severn Fort the beginning of September, 

 and stay till the middle of October, when they depart 

 for the south, and are observed to be attended by their 

 young in flocks innumerable. They seem to occupy 

 also the western side of America, as they were seen at 

 Aoonalashka* as well as at Kamtschatka. -j- White 

 brant, with black tips to their wings, were also shot by 

 Captains Lewis and Clark's exploring party, near the 

 mouth of the Columbia River, which were probably 

 the same as the present species. J Mr Pennant says, 

 " they are taken by the Siberians in nets, under which 

 they are decoyed by a person covered with a white 

 skin, and crawling on all-fours ; when others driving 

 them, these stupid birds mistaking him for their leader, 

 follow him, when they are entangled in the nets, or 

 led into a kind of pond made for the purpose ! " We 

 might here with propriety add This wants confir- 

 mation. 



* ELLIS'S Narrative, f History of Kamtschatka. 



| GASS'S Journal, p. 161. 



