BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 



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BRANT {Branta bernicla glaucogastra) . 



Length. — 23 to 26 inches. ,,,,,, . , c 



Unit — Head, neck and a little of fore part of body black; streaks of 



white in a small patch on the side of upper neck; back and wings brown; 



breast and flanks light ashy gray or brownish gray; belly white back 



of legs; tail black; upper tail coverts white; bill, feet and claws black; 



iris brown. i j i i 



Field Marks. — Yevy small for a Goose; sooty black on head and neck, 

 with small but conspicuous white patch on neck which can be seen at 

 a distance with a glass. It flies in a more compact body than the Can- 

 ada Goose or in irregular formation, with seemingly no chosen leader. 

 ^otes. — A guttural car-r-rnp or r-r-r-ronk (EUiot). Ruk-ruk (Hapgood). 

 Season. — Abundant locally off the coast in migration, elsewhere rare or 

 imcommon; March to early May, sometimes later; early September 

 to early December. Some remain south of Cape Cod in winter, also 

 off Long Island, N. Y. 



