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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  or 
  blotched 
  with 
  black; 
  sides 
  of 
  rump, 
  upper 
  and 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts 
  and 
  

   crissum 
  white; 
  bill 
  pink, 
  with 
  white 
  nail; 
  feet 
  chrome 
  yellow, 
  the 
  claws 
  

   black; 
  iris 
  dark 
  brown. 
  Voting: 
  Darker 
  and 
  browner; 
  forehead 
  dark; 
  

   no 
  black 
  blotches 
  on 
  belly. 
  

  

  Length 
  27-30 
  inches; 
  extent 
  60; 
  wing 
  16-17; 
  tail 
  5.5; 
  tarsus 
  2.75-3; 
  

   bill 
  2-2.15. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  our 
  State. 
  Giraud 
  mentions 
  

   one 
  specimen 
  which 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Babylon, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Professor 
  Linden 
  speaks 
  

   of 
  it 
  having 
  occurred 
  on 
  Chautauqua 
  lake 
  [see 
  Buf. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Bui. 
  

   4:34]. 
  Butcher 
  [Auk, 
  10:271] 
  records 
  three 
  specimens 
  from 
  Long 
  Island, 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  Great 
  South 
  bay, 
  November 
  1846; 
  Islip, 
  March 
  18, 
  1849; 
  

   Montauk, 
  March 
  2, 
  1872. 
  Dr 
  Braislin 
  in 
  the 
  Auk, 
  volume 
  20, 
  page 
  52, 
  

   records 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  Sag 
  Harbor, 
  October 
  18, 
  1889. 
  This 
  bird, 
  I 
  read 
  

   in 
  Mr 
  Butcher's 
  notes, 
  was 
  a 
  male 
  in 
  beautiful 
  plumage 
  and 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  

   Mr 
  Byram 
  whose 
  dog 
  flushed 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  rushes 
  near 
  his 
  house. 
  Mr 
  Arthur 
  

   Helme 
  reports 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  1 
  1 
  White-fronted 
  geese 
  near 
  Miller's 
  

   Place 
  April 
  5th, 
  1883. 
  The 
  only 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  goose 
  actually 
  taken 
  

   in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  are 
  those 
  recorded 
  by 
  Giraud, 
  Butcher 
  

   and 
  Braislin, 
  consequently 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  fully 
  as 
  rare 
  as 
  the 
  Blue 
  

   goose. 
  The 
  American 
  white-fronted 
  goose 
  breeds 
  on 
  the 
  Arctic 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Alaska 
  and 
  Mackenzie 
  region; 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Greenland. 
  It 
  

   migrates 
  mostly 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  river 
  and 
  winters 
  chiefly 
  in 
  Texas 
  

   and 
  Mexico 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  from 
  lower 
  California 
  to 
  the 
  Puget 
  

   sound. 
  

  

  Branta 
  canadensis 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Canada 
  Goose 
  

  

  Plate 
  22 
  

  

  Anas 
  canadensis 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  10. 
  1758. 
  1:123 
  

  

  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  348, 
  fig. 
  237 
  

   Branta 
  canadensis 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  172 
  

  

  hran'ta, 
  made 
  from 
  Gr. 
  /Spevdog-, 
  some 
  water 
  bird; 
  canaden' 
  sis 
  , 
  of 
  Canada 
  

  

  Description. 
  Head 
  and 
  neck 
  black 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  white 
  chin 
  patch 
  

   extending 
  upward 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head; 
  general 
  color 
  brownish 
  gray, 
  

   the 
  feathers 
  edged 
  with 
  paler; 
  rump 
  and 
  tail 
  blackish; 
  upper 
  tail 
  coverts 
  

  

  