ANAS BERNICLA. BRANT, OR BRENT. 



ILSON considers the brant and barnacle 

 goose the same bird. Large flocks of 

 these fowl arrive on the coast of Jersey 

 in the latter part of September or early 

 in October. They remain in these re- 

 gions till the weather gets very cold, and 

 then move off to the South. They feed 

 on shell-fish and marine vegetables : their 

 flesh is sedgy, and often extremely fishy. 

 Our markets are crowded with brant in 

 autumn and spring, and they sell for a mere trifle. They have a 

 hoarse, honking, disagreeable note, and may be heard at a great 

 distance. They are shy birds, and fly high and in long lines. 



Great numbers of brant are killed about Long Island by shoot- 

 ers concealed in batteries somewhat similar to those used on the 

 Chesapeake Bay for the capture of canvas-backs. Those shot 

 late in the spring are much better eating than at any other time. 



Unsuccessful attempts have been made to domesticate them, but, 



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