ANA TID^ — ANSERINE : GEESE. 



687 



699 



700 



Analysis of Species and Varieties. 



.... leucopsis G99 



Forehead, cheeks, and cMn wUte. (European.) 



Forehead, cheeks, and chin black ; white stripes on neck. ^^^^^^ ^^^ 



Black of neck well defined against light lower parts nigricans 701 



Black of neck extending over breast 



Forehead black ; cheeks and chin white ; no white stripes on neck. 



Tail normally 18-feathcred. Large. _ canadensis 702 



No white collar in black of lower neck occidcutalis 702a 



A white collar in black of lower neck 



Tail normally 16-feathered. Small. imtchinsi 704 



No white collar in black of lower neck Uucoparia 703 



A white collar in black of lower neck 



B leucop'sis. (Gr. Xev.or, Jencos, white; 3,|..f, o^s, appearance: the face white.) 



Barnacle Goose. Tail normaUy of 16 feathers. Bill, feet, aod cla^,-s hlack. Ins hrown. 



Front and sides of head 



and chill white, with a 



dark line at base of bill, 



and thence to eye. Kest 



of head and neck all «'J 



around black, prolonged 



on the back and wings, 



the feathers of the latter i*«s-„ 



bluish, gray at base and ^^..ii^!jLS"'*ii. 



edged at end with whit- -|<j|l S!S u£V'f S^V-'^'^J 



ish ; rump and tail bktck. ^gj gHI^»^ ^iij^^iV- ^ V^S^ 



Upper and under tail- .idS!^''"" *'.'■**' .* ''■ '^''^'S'jl 



coverts, sides of rump, mSk^*"'' ^ V "" ' • "'■'vS 



belly, and hind breast, .^^K?***'*'? ' ' ' ■ " 'S'C!' '-^' ■ 



white or whitish, the _^ .Mr./j^^^tt - tf" ^ Sj 



sides shaded with gray. ^^^^^0\^^!^**<- 



QuiUs dusky, blackening .^^^^^^St^ - -^ 



at ends, tinged on the 2!^^^^5^^* ' "'' ■•-W^itf'''' 



exposed surfaces with ^l^^'^\. ^' * ""* '■'^ 



ashy. Sexes similar ; 9 ^^ *V " 



duUercolored and smaller ^^ ' t— ''* *'\H 



than $. Length of $ 



wing 17.00; tail 6.00; — '^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^ - '*^^^^f^'" ^ \ 



bill 1.50; tarsus 2.75; - ^^^H^ ~ r—szz~i^^ 



middle toe and claw the 

 same. Europe ; very rare 

 and casual in N. Am. ex- 

 cepting Greenland, where 

 regular. (Hudson's Bay, 



Am. Nat., ii, 1868, p. 49. „, , „ . ^ , ■ ^. ,.. v 



' ^ Fig. 476. — Black Brant. (From American Field.) 



N. Carolina, Am. Nat., 



V, 1871, p. 10. Long Island, BuU. Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 18. Illinois, Forest and Stream, 

 Nov. 23, 1876.) 



B. bren'ta. (Quasi- Lat. hrenthus, brentus, burnt. Fig. 475.) Brant GoOSB. Bill, feet, and 

 claws black ; iris brown. Head and neck all around, and a little of fore part of body, glossy- 

 black, well defined against the color of the breast ; on each side of the neck a small patch fif 

 white streaks ; frequently also white touches on eyelid and chin. Breast a.shy-gray, beginning 



