128 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Hab. Northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere ; in North Amer- 

 ica chiefly on the Atlantic coast ; rare in the interior, or away from 

 salt water. 



174. Branta nigricans (Lawr.). 



Black Brant. 



Anser tiigricans Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y. IV. 1846, 171. 

 Branta nigricans Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. 



[B571, C— , R596, C 701.] 



Hab. Arctic and Western North America ; rare or casual in the 

 Atlantic States. 



[175.] Branta leucopsis (Bechst.). 



Barnacle Goose. 



Anas leucopsis Bechstein, Orn, Taschb. Deutschl. 1803, 424. 

 Branta leucopsis Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. 



[B 572, C 483, R 597, C 699.] 



Hab. Northern parts of the Old World ; casual in Eastern North 

 America. 



Genus FHILACTE Bannister. 



Philacte Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. Type, Anas 

 catia<nca Sevast. 



17G. Philacte canagica (Sevast.). 



Emperor Goose. 



Anas canagica Sevastianoff, N. Act. Petrop. XIII. 1800, 346. 

 Philacte canagica Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. 



[B 573, C 482, R 598, C 698.] 



Hab. Coast and islands of Alaska. 



Genus DENDROCYGNA Swainson. 



Dendrocyona Swainson, Classif. Birds, II. 1837, 365. Type, Anas 

 arcuata Cuv. 



