A\TES. 51 



ANSERES. 



.\XATIDAE. 



^Ie. — Common coastwise migrant. April 27-May; Oct.-Xov. 



N. H. — Uncommon coastwise migrant, casual inland. 



Vt. — Rare migrant. 



IVLiss. — Common coastwise migrant; uncommon winter resi- 

 dent on south coast. IMar. 12-^Iay 17 (June 2); Sept. 12-Dec. 12 

 (winter) . 



R. I. — Common migrant and rare winter resident offshore. 

 Mar. 2-1— April 28; Xov.-Dec. 16 (winter). 



Coxx. — Common migrant and occasional winter resident off- 

 shore. April 14-]\Iay; Oct. 15- ("winter). 



97. Braxta xigriC-AXS (Lawrence) Bannister. 



Black brant. 



Anser nigricans La^T., Arm. lyceum nat. hist. New York, 1846, 

 vol. -±, p. 171, pi. 12. "Egg Haeboe, X. J." 

 Seaeoasts; nests on the ground. 

 ]\Lass. — Accidental ^-isitor: Chatham, spring, 1883. 



98. Braxta leucopsis (Bechstein) Bannister. 



Barnacle goose. 

 Anas leucopsis Bechst., Ornith. taschb. Deutschl., 1803, p. 42-i. 



NORTHERX REGIONS OF THE EARTH; GERiLAVT IX IHGRATIOX. 



Anser leucopsis (Bechst.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 200, pi. 378. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 34, pi. 10, fig. 2. 

 Seaeoasts and grassy flats; nests on the ground among rocks. 



!Me. — Doubtfully reported from near Portland about 1878. 

 Vt. — Accidental ^isitor: Marshfield, 1878. 

 ]VL\ss. — Accidental visitor: X'orth Chatham, X'ov. 1. 1895. 

 Conn. — Recorded from Stonington (Linsley). 



