S(, 



|)l(K>, (IKKSK AMI .>\\.\N> <i|- NOIiTIl AMKIUTA. 



HRANTA BflRNICLA (////;/.). 



Brant. 



ISl.'<lil:i In'niii'l.'l 



Mull: \\ hull' 111' llic tii'Mil. iic'i-k. :iiil iii>|ii'r 

 Imi:i-I, lil.irU. c'N((|il ii |iiili'll III! 111!' sides 111 till' 

 iiiiU. uliiili i- wliili' Jiliil lil:u-U; li;nk. y:i;i\i«li 

 liniwii : liiiii;ri' t:iil cnviTl^. wliilr: liiuri- Ini'.-i-l, 

 iti':iyi-li. -liMiliiii;' iiiln wliili' mi llir lu'llv. 



I.i'-lli. -jri: Willi;. i:i: l;ir-ii-. I.IT^: hill. I. .'((I. 



U'liiii;!'.-- iVom .\ntic Circle, wlicrc it lnccds. 

 .-(iiilli\v;iril ill r'-iistcrii North Amciica t<'(ii'ori.nii, 

 anil (ICC .-idiiailv tn Flurida. l)iiiiiii:' iiiiiriatioiis 

 iiiMiiy arc Uillcd (Ui tlic New I'jiiilaiid c(ia>t. 

 r>(i\(- arc plact'd in sand liars in tlic vicinity 

 (if their I'ccdinv liKHinds : as the tide rises, the 

 (icks gradually swim in nearer the liars and are 

 (itleii altra(te(l within sluMitinu' distiince l>y the 



(1('1(I\S. 



'I'he i"S'J.^ .are descrilieil as creamy white in 

 cdhir. usually lunr in mmilier. The nest is 

 c(iin|i(ised (if li'ra-s .■ind moss. 



BRANTA NIGRICANS (/.,/,./.). 

 lil.iL-k Hrnnt. 



A'liili : liilli'i- Iriiiii !lii' (■(iiiininii IIi'mmI in liiiviii^' iIh' 

 front of the neck :i- will :i> tin' siili"- marked with 

 white; Ihc hr,':i-l Mliil iijijiiT hi'lly iili' ihirl^iT. 



I..iialli. Jii: win;;'. I.t: hill, l.ltd: t;M<ii-. l.MS. 



Il'il'li'il : ■• Anlii' ;inil \\ I'^li'iii \ii|-tti Aiiii'iicn. <iiiilh in 

 wiiiliTlii l.iiwiT ( .ilironiiii : cii-iiMl in llir Alhiiilic Snni'-;." 

 (A. (t. I .) 



I'lie I'dack Ur.int is merely a stra;;;iiler on tiie Atlantic co.-ist.* 

 It is a western species and replaces the common IJrjint on tho 

 \\e~t coast where it is aliiiiKhint. Mr. MacFarlaiw found it 

 iiicedin:^ near the Arctic ( )cean. The nest is deserilied as lieini:' 

 mere (!('prc--i(in in the ground, Iml iisiially lined with down: 

 lii.iMt.i nii;ri.-.ni-. tlic c.ii^'s a ic iVom li\(' to scxcii uiid (liill wliitc in coloi'. 



■ III ilii' -i.iiii:; I'l !»-:; 1 -;u\ :i l.ii.l oi ilii- -|M-iii-~ in ilu- ilr-h wliiili h.i.l 1 ii -Iml iir.-ir ( IimIIimi; \|.-i-^. 



(Auk. l>-4, |i. ;iii.) 



