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93 (169) Chen hyperborea hyperborea (Pallas) Boie. 



Lesser Snow Goose. 



Syn. — Anser hyperboreus\ Anser albatus\ Chen albatus; Chen hyperborea nivalis. 



Status — Abundant winter visitant south through the interior valleys to Orange County. 



94 (169. i) Chen caerulescens (Linnaeus) Gundlacb. 



Blue Goose. 



Status — Known only from the record by L. Belding of two specimens shot near Stock- 

 ton "about February i," 1892. 



95 (170) Chen rossi (Cassin) Ridgway. 



Ross Snow Goose. 



Syn. — Anser rossi. 



Status — Fairly common winter visitant through the interior valleys; southernmost record, 

 Newport, Orange County. 



96 (171a) Anser gambeli Hartlaub. 



American White-fronted Goose. 



Syn. — Anser erythropns\ Anser albi/roiis\ Bernicla ganibeli\ Anser albifrons gambeli. 

 vStaTUS — Abundant winter visitant in suitable localities throughout the State. 



97 (172) Branta canadensis canadensis (Linnaeus) Bannister. 



Canada Goose. 



Status — Seems to be a fairly common midwinter visitant to the interior portions of the 

 State; recorded south to Bixby, Los Angles County. 



98 (172 a) Branta canadensis hutchinsi (Richardson) Coues, 



HuTCHiNs Goose. 



Syn, — Anser hulchinsi; Bernicla hutchinsi. 



Status — Abundant winter visitant in suitable localities throughout the State. 



99 (172 b) Branta canadensis occidentalis (Baird) Ridgway. 



White-cheeked Goose. 



Syn. — Branta canadensis, part; Bernicla canadensis: Branta occidentalis. 



Status — Fairly common winter visitant to interior portions of the vState; remains through 



the summer, and recorded as breeding, on lakes northeastof the Sierras (Klamath Lakes, 



Lake Tahoe). 



100 (172 c) Branta canadensis minima (Ridgway) Ridgway. 



Cackling Goose. 



Syn. — Bernicla leucoparia; Branta hutchinsi var. leucoparia\ Branta minima. 



Status — Common winter visitant through the interior valleys, south to Ventura County. 



