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NEW-YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 
HUTCHINS’S GOOSE. 
Anser hutchinsi. 
Anser hutchinsi. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 470. Audubon, Orn. Biog. Vol. 3, p. 526. Nuttall, Man. 
Orn. Vol. 2, p. 362. Audubon, B. of Am. Vol. 6, p. 198, pi. 377. Giraud, Birds of Long 
island, p. 292. Linsley, B. of Conn. 
Characteristics. Bill black, 1 - 5 in length. Head and neck deep black. A white kidney¬ 
shaped patch on the throat. Length, 26 - 0. 
Description. Bill short, and very high at the base. Tail short, rounded, of sixteen 
feathers (“ 14,” Richardson). 
Color. Adult: Bill, feet and claws black. Head and upper two-thirds of the neck glossy 
black : a large subtriangular patch of white on each side of the head and neck. General color 
above brownish grey ; the feathers edged with paler. Abdomen and lower tail-coverts white. 
Quills and tail-feathers deep brown. 
Length, 25 • 0 - 27 • 0. 
This species is usually taken for a dwarf variety of the Wild Goose, and was at first sup¬ 
posed by Dr. Richardson to be a variety of the Brant. It breeds along the shores of the 
Arctic sea. At some seasons, according to Mr. Giraud, it is quite abundant on the shores of 
Massachusetts, and has been shot in the Chesapeake. According to the same authority, it is 
not uncommon on the eastern part of Long island, in company with the Wild Goose, and is 
known under the name of Mud Goose. Mr. Linsley, in his Catalogue of the Birds of Con¬ 
necticut, states that “ it is not unfrequently taken there in the spring, and is called the 
Southern Goose, because it does not winter there.” Some have supposed it to be the hybrid 
of the Brant and Wild Goose. It has been observed by Mr. Townsend on the Northwest 
coast. 
(. EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 
A. leucopsis, Bechstein. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 6, p. 200, pi. 378.) Barnacle Goose. Dark ash; 
neck, upper part of the breast, and tail bluish black; face and beneath white; bill and feet black. 
Length, 23 • 0 - 27 • 0. Northern regions. 
A. cinereus, Meyer. Common Goose. Light ash; beneath whitish; rump ash. Bill stout, orange; 
nail whitish. Introduced from Europe, and domesticated. 
