ORDER ANSERES. 12/ 



[B 567, C 485, R 594, C 702.] 



Hab. Temperate North America, breeding in the Northern United 

 States and British Provinces ; south in winter to Mexico. 



172 a. Brr .ta canadensis hutchinsii (Sw. & Rich.). 



Hutchins's Ooose. 



Anser hutchinsii 'tiW. & Rich. Faun. Bor. Am. II. 1831, 470. 

 Branta canadettsis var. hutchinsii CouES, Key, 1872, 284. 



[B 569, C 485 b, R 594^, C 704.] 



Hab. North America, breeding in the Arctic regions, and mi 

 grating south in winter, chiefly through the Western United States 

 and Mississippi Valley ; Eastern Asia. 



112 b. Branta canadensis occidentalis (Baird). 



White-cheeked Goose. 



Bernicla occidentalis Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 766. 

 Branta canadensis occidentalis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885, 355- 



[B 567 rtr, C — , R 594 f, C — .] 



Hab. Pacific coast region, from Sitka south, in winter, to Cali- 

 fornia. 



112 c. Branta canadensis minima Ridgw. 



Cackling Goose. 



Branta minima RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. No. 2, April 20, 



18S5, 23. 

 Branta canadensis minima Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 



355- 



[B 568, C 485 a, R 594 b, C Tozypart."] 



Hab. Coast of Alaska, migrating southward into the Western 

 United States, east to Wisconsin. 



173. Branta bernicla (Linn.). 



Brant. 



Anas bernicla LiNir. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 124. 

 Branta bernicla Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. 1769, 6^. 



[B 570, C 484, R 595' C 700-] 



