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  OF 
  NE\Y 
  YORK 
  

  

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  ing 
  backward 
  over 
  a 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  parts, 
  fading 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  

   belly, 
  but 
  not 
  showing 
  any 
  sharp 
  line 
  of 
  division 
  between 
  the 
  black 
  of 
  the 
  

   breast 
  and 
  the 
  lighter 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  belly; 
  crissum 
  decidedly 
  white; 
  

   white 
  collar 
  broader 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  species 
  and 
  meeting 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  neck. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  for 
  Branta 
  bernicla 
  glaucogastra. 
  

  

  The 
  Black 
  brant 
  is 
  an 
  accidental 
  visitant 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  only 
  

   three 
  records 
  having 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  knowledge. 
  

   Off 
  Islip, 
  L. 
  I. 
  1840. 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  10: 
  271 
  

   Babylon, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Spring 
  1889. 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  10: 
  266 
  

   Oneida 
  lake, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Oct. 
  30, 
  1891. 
  Bexter, 
  Auk, 
  11: 
  163 
  

  

  The 
  summer 
  home 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  northeastern 
  Siberia, 
  

   northern 
  Alaska 
  and 
  eastward 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  the 
  Anderson 
  river. 
  Its 
  winter 
  

   home 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  ranging 
  on 
  the 
  American 
  side 
  from 
  

   Washington 
  to 
  lower 
  California. 
  East 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  mountains 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  

   a 
  straggler. 
  

  

  Branta 
  leucopsis 
  (Bechstein) 
  

   Barnacle 
  Goose 
  

  

  Anas 
  leucopsis 
  Bechstein. 
  Orn. 
  Taschb. 
  Beutschl. 
  1803. 
  424 
  

   Branta 
  leucopsis 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  (175) 
  

  

  leucop'sis, 
  Gr. 
  AevKos, 
  white, 
  and 
  oi/?ts, 
  appearance, 
  face 
  

  

  Description. 
  Adult: 
  Front, 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  chin 
  white, 
  a 
  black 
  

   line 
  from 
  bill 
  to 
  eye 
  ; 
  rest 
  of 
  head, 
  neck, 
  and 
  forepart 
  of 
  body 
  black 
  ; 
  scapulars, 
  

   wing 
  coverts 
  and 
  inner 
  secondaries 
  

   bluish 
  gray, 
  barred 
  with 
  bluish 
  

   black 
  and 
  whitish 
  ; 
  wings 
  and 
  tail 
  

   blackish 
  ; 
  breast 
  and 
  belly 
  grayish 
  ; 
  

   crissum 
  and 
  tail 
  coverts 
  white 
  ; 
  bill 
  

   andfeet 
  black. 
  Young: 
  Face 
  mixed 
  

   with 
  black; 
  plumage 
  washed 
  with 
  

   reddish 
  brown. 
  

  

  Length 
  25-28 
  inches; 
  wing 
  17 
  ; 
  

   tail 
  6; 
  bill 
  1.5; 
  tarsus 
  2.75. 
  

  

  This 
  old 
  world 
  species 
  is 
  an 
  

   accidental 
  visitant 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   United 
  States 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  

  

  AT 
  -\r^ 
  1, 
  ^ 
  ^^ 
  T^,^^;,^^ 
  Barnacle 
  goose. 
  Branta 
  leucopsis 
  (Bechstein). 
  

  

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  m 
  New 
  York 
  near 
  Jamaica 
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  British 
  Birds. 
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