252 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
Sub-family ANSHRIN A. 
Genus ANSER, Linn. 
140. Anser hyperboreus, Pall. Snow Goose. 
Anser hyperboreus, Pall., Vieil., Steph., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud., Temm., 
Gir., Schl., Gray, and most late authors. 
Anas hyperboreus, Gm., Lath., Wils., Rich., Temm. 
Chen hyperboreus, Boie, Bp., Gosse, Blas., Gundl., Degl. & Gerbe. 
Chionochen hyperborea, Reich. 
Anas nivalis, Forst. 
Anser niveus, Briss., Brehm. 
Tadorna nivea, Brehm. 
Length, about 30; wing, 16.40. 
Hab.—W hole of North America; breeds in higher latitudes, wintering 
in United States; abundant in the interior and along Pacific coast, rare 
on the Atlantic; Greenland, transient. Cuba. Rare or casual in Europe. 
(Coues.) 
Colonel Wedderburn’s notes contain the following: ‘On the 19th 
October, 1848, Mr. Hodgson Smith shot two of these birds, in their 
young plumage, at Riddle’s Bay; but, unfortunately for the ends of 
science, they furnished the dinner-table instead of the cabinet.” Mr. 
Hurdis adds: “A wing pertaining to one of the specimens mentioned 
by Major Wedderburn was fortunately saved by Mr. Smith, which re- 
moved all doubts as to the species it belonged to. In October, 1849, two 
«White Geese’ were observed in Mangrove Bay, and on the 9th Novem- 
ber, 1851, four dark grey-coloured Geese were seen on the wing near 
Peniston’s Pond. These were doubtless A. hyperboreus.” I may here 
remark that the Blue Goose, A. cerulescens, much resembles the young 
of A. hyperboreus, and that consequently the birds seen may possibly 
have belonged to the former species. 
Genus BERNICLA, Steph. 
141. Bernicla canadensis, (Linn.) Boie. Canada Goose. 
Anas canadensis, Linn., Gm., Forst., Lath., Wils., and all earlier authors. 
Anser canadensis, Vieil., Flem., Keys & Blas., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud., 
Eyt., De Kay, Gosse, Gir., Bd., Maxim., Schl. 
Cygnus canadensis, Steph., Eyt., Jen. 
Bernicla canadensis, Boie, Gray, Bp., Coop. & Suck.,Coues, Verr., Reinh., Dress., 
Dall & Bann., and most late authors. 
Branta canadensis, Gray, Bann., Coues. 
Bernicla (Leucoblepharon) canadensis, Bd. 
Branta (Leucoblepharon) canadensis, Gray. 
Anser parvipes, Cass. 
Length, 35; wing, 18; tarsus, 3.10. 
Hab.—The whole of North America; breeding in United States, as 
well as further north; accidental in Europe. (Coues.) 
