FAMILY ANATID-K. DUCK.S, GEESE, AND SWANS. 81 



SUBFAMILY AN5ERIN/E. 

 Qeese. 



Lores, feathered ; tarsus, reticulate. 



* Group 1. Wing, 12 to 14 inches long. 



Bill and feet black; head and neck, black; sides of neck (not front), muttled with 

 white; no speculuni ; lower breast, grayish ; no white on head. 



. lira Ida hendrla. Brant. 



See No. 132. 



Head and neck, black; front and sides of neck, mottled with white; no speeuhun ; 

 lower breast, dark, not pale gray ; no white on head. 



Brantd uir/rirans. Black Brant. 



See No. MV.L 



A patch of white on side of head, exteudin.i»- to tln-oat; rest of head and neck, black. 



Western United States, rarely to Wisconsin. Bcndcla canadensis minima. Cackling Qoose. 



See No. 131. 



* Group 2, Wing, from 14 to 20 inches long. 



Section 1. Head and neck, black or blackish, marked with 

 more or less white ; bill and feet, black. 



Head and neck, black; a patch of white on each cheek, extending- to uppei- throat ; 

 no white on neck. Branta canadensis and races. Canada Goose. 



See Nos. 129, 130. 



Head and neck, black; side (not front) of neck, speckled with white; upper belly, 

 whitish. Connnou on Atlantic coast. Branta bernicla. Brant. 



See No. 132. 



Head and neck, black; side and front of neck, speckled with white; u[)i)er belly, 

 grayish brown. Kare on Atlantic coast. Branta niijricans. Black Brant. 



See No. 133. 



Face and upper breast, white; lores, tdack; back of head, black. European species 

 occasionally found on our coast. Branta leticopsis. Barnacle Goose. 



See No. 134. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 



