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and having the white patch on the sides of the head similar to 

 the Canada Goose" {Birds of Long Island, p. 292). By the 

 baymen and gunners it is not distinguished from B. canadensis 

 and probably is of occasional occurrence. 



92. Branta bernicla. Brant. 



A common transient visitant. Nov. 18 (Rockaway) to Jan. 

 1 (Rockaway) and March 6 (Rockaway) to May 10 (Rock- 

 away). 



93. Branta nigricans. Black Brant. 



Several Long Island records. The Long Island Historical 

 Society possesses a specimen. xAnother was killed on Great 

 South Bay in the spring of 1889 (Butcher, Auk, x, 1893, p. 266; 

 also, Auk, X, p. 271). 



94. Branta leucopsis. Barnacle Goose. 



This Old World species is known on Long Island from a 

 specimen recorded by Mr. George N. Lawrence {Bull. N. 0. 

 C, ii, 1877, p. 18). 



95. Olor columbianus. Whistling Swan. 



Rare transient visitor. Several were reported a few years 

 ago (Butcher, Auk, v, 1888, p. 176). A recent occurrence 

 at a near-by locality (Guilford, Conn.) is recorded in early 

 November, 1893 (Bishop, Ahstr. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. Y., 1893- 

 4, no. 6, p. 11). A specimen was recently obtained within the 

 hmits of Greater New York in a small tide-water creek of 

 Jamaica Bay (Braislin, Auk, xx, 1903, p. 52). 



96. Guara alba. White Ibis. 



A casual visitor. Giraud recorded two instances of its occur- 

 rence on Long Island {Birds of Long Island, p. 275). A 

 specimen was seen at Milford, Conn., May 23, 1895 (Grinnell 

 Amer. Nat., ix, p. 470). A local name is "Spanish Curlew." 



