FAMILY ANATIDJ:. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 81 



SUBFAMILY AN5ERIN/E. 

 Qeese. 



Lores, feathered ; tarsus, reticulate. 



* Group 1. Wing, 12 to 14 inches long. 



Bill and feet black; head and neck, black; sides of neck (not front), mottled with 



Kvhite ; no speeulum ; lower breast, grayish ; no white on head. 



Brnnta heniirln. Brant. 

 See No. 132. 



Head and neck, black; front and sides of neck, mottled with white; uo speeuhnn ; 

 lower breast, dark, not pale gray ; no white on head. 



Brnnta itigrifniis. Black Brant. 



.See No. V.iS. 



A patch of white on side of head, extending to throat; rest of head and neck, black. 



Western United States, rarely to Wisconsin. Bm-idda canadi'nais minima. Cackling Goose. 



See No. 131. 



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Group 2. Wing, from 14 to 20 inches long. 



Section 1. Head and neck, black or blackish, marked with 

 more or less white ; bill and feet, black. 



Head and neck, black ; a patch of white on each cheek, cxteniliii^ to ui>iier throat ; 

 no white on neck. Branta c<tiiaili')isi.'i and rarrx, Canada Goose. 



.See Nos. 12'J, 130. 



Head and neck, black; side {not front) of neck, speckled with white; upper belly, 

 whitish. <;onnnou on Atlantic coast. Branta liernjria. Brant. 



See \o. 132. 



Head and neck, black; side and front of neck, speckled with white; upper belly, 

 grayish brown. Rare on Atlantic coast. Branta niijrirnnx. Black Brant. 



See No. 133. 



Face and upper breast, white; lores, black; b.-ick of head, black. Rliiropean species 

 occasionally found ou our coast. Branta leuro/isis. Barnacle Goose. 



See No. 134. 



For directions for measurement, see page i). 



