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Owens and Death valleys (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 19), and 
south to San Diego (Heermann, Pac. R. R. Rep., x, 1859, p. 67). 
103 (172c) Branta canadensis minima Ridgway 
CACKLING GOOSE 
Synonyms—Bernicla leucoparia; Branta hutchinsi var. leucoparia; Branta 
minuna. 
Status—Common winter visitant to the Sacramento and San Joaquin val- 
leys; also to the southward as far as San Diego County (A. O. U. Check-List, 
3rd ed., 1910, p. 86). 
104 (173a) Branta bernicla glaucogastra (Brehm) 
EAstTerN SEA Brant ; 
Status—Rare midwinter visitant. One record: adult male, now no. 24588 
Mus. Vert. Zool., taken near Bird Island on Arcata Bay, Humboldt County, Jan- 
uary 30, 1914 (H. C. Bryant, Condor, xvi, 1914, p. 183). 
105 (174) Branta nigricans (Lawrence) 
Buack SEA Brant 
Synonyms—Bernicla brenta; Bernicla nigricans; Black Brant. 
Status—Fairly common winter visitant along our whole seacoast. Reported 
most numerously from San Diego, Bodega (Belding, MS), and Tomales (J. W. 
Mailliard, MS) bays. Occurs but rarely away from salt water: Klamath River, 
near Beswick, Siskiyou County (Ferry, Condor, x, 1908, p. 39) ; Los Banos, Mer- 
ced County, January 3, 1912 (no. 22078, Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
106 (176) Philacte canagica (Sevastianoff) 
EMPEROR GOOSE 
Status—Rather frequent winter visitant chiefly to fresh water areas in 
west-central California; recorded instances as follows: specimen taken at Hum- 
boldt Bay in the winter of 1884 (Townsend, Auk, 11, 1886, p. 491) ; specimen 
from Gridley, taken in the fall of 1895, and one found October 8, 1900, in a San 
Francisco market (Loomis, Auk, xvi, 1901, p. 105) ; specimen from Rio Vista, 
Solano County, November 3, 1910 (Littlejohn, Condor, xtv, 1912, p. 41) ; three 
taken at Dixon, Solano County, one at Colusa, Colusa County, in November, 
1912, male taken ten miles west of Modesto, Stanislaus County, November 15, 
1913, and an immature male taken near Ingomar, Merced County, in December, 
1912 (H. C. Bryant, Condor, xvi, 1914, p. 92) ; specimen taken near Davis, Yolo 
County, in December, 1906 (H. C. Bryant, Condor, xv, 1915, p. 58). 
107 (177) Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus) 
BULACK-BELLIED TREE-DUCK 
Status—Rare visitant from the south. One authentie record for the state: 
a mounted specimen in possession of Vernon Shephard, of San Francisco, taken 
in the Imperial Valley, Imperial County, in the fall of 1912 (H. C. Bryant, Con- 
