554 BRANTA CANADENSIS, WILD GOOSE. 



Bervida canadensis, Bom, Isis, 1826, 921.— Gray, Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 608.— Woodh., 

 Sitgr. Eep. 1853, 102.— Bp., Compt. Eeud. Sept. 1856.— Newb., P. E. E. Rep. 

 Ti, 1857, 100.— Heerm., ibid, x, 18.59, pt. vi, 66.— Coop. & Suck., N. H. Wash. 

 Ter.1860,250.— MuR.,Edin. New Phil. Journ. 1859, 225.— C0UE.s,Pr. A.N. S. 1861, 

 238 ; 1866, 62.— Eoss, Canad. Nat. 1862.— Ha yd., Eep. 1862, 175 (some breeding 

 on the Yellowstone).- Veer., Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 153.— Board:*!., Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. iv, 1862, 139.— Blak., Ibis, 1862, 9.— Eeixh., Vid. Med. f. 1864, 1865, 246 

 (Disco, Greenland).— Hoy, Smiths. Eep. 1864, 438 (Missouri).— Dress., Ibis, 

 1866, 42.— CouEs, Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1868, 298.— BroWxV, Ibis, 1868, 425.— Dall 

 & Bajmn., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 295 (Alaska).— CouES, Pr. Phila. Acad. IcTl, 

 35 (North Carolina, probably breeding). — Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Ter. 1870, 

 466 (WyomiDg),— S^-ow, B. Kans. 1873, 11 ; and of most late authors. 



Brania canadensis, Gr^iy.- Banx., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1870, 131.— Codes, Key, 283, fig. 18.5". 



Bernicla {Lencoblepharon) canadensis, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, pp. xlix, 764. 



Branta (Leucoblepharon) canadensis, Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 76, No. 10578. 



" Cjignopsis canadensis, Brandt." (Gray.) 



Anser parvipes, Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1852, 158 (Vera Cruz). 



Bernicla barnstoni, Eoss, Canad. Nat. vii, Apr. 1862. 



b. leucopareia. 



Anser canadensis, Pall., Zoog. E.-A. ii, 1811, 230. 



Anser lencopareius. Brandt, Bull. Sc. Acad. St. Peters, i, 1836, 37 (Aleutians) ; Descr. et 



Ic. Av. 1836, 13, pi. 2. 

 Bernicla leiicopareia, Cass., 111. 272, pi. 45. — Dall & Baxn., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 295. 

 Bernicla (Leitcoblepharon) leiicopareia, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, pp. xlix, 765. 

 Branta (Leitcoblepharon) leucopareia. Gray, Hand-list, iii, 187] , 76, No. 10580. 

 Branta canadensis yar. leucopareia, CouES, Key, 1872, 284, fig. ISS"". 

 Bernicla occidentalis, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 766, in text. 



Bernicla canadensis var. occidentaUs, Dall & Bans., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 295. 

 (?) Bernicla leucolwma, MoR., Edinb. Phil. Journ. Apr. 1859, 226, pi. 4, i. 1. 



c. Imtcliinsii. 



Anas bernicla var. b, EiCH., App. Parry's 2d Voy. 368. 



Anser hntehinaii, S\v. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 470. — NuTT., Man. ii, 1834, 362. — AuD., 

 Om. Biog. iii, 1835, 226, pi. 277 ; Syn. 1839, 271 ; B. Am. vi, 1843, 198, pi. 377.— 

 Bp., List. 1838, 55.— Llnsl., Am. Journ. sliv, 1843, 249 (Connecticut).— GiR., B. 

 L. I. 1844, 292.— PuTX., Pr. Ess. In.st. i, 1856, 219 (Massachusetts). 



Bernicla hulchinsii, WooDH., Sitgr. Eep. 1823, 102 (California). — Newb., P. E. E. Eep. 

 vi, 18."7, iOl (California). — Heerm., ibid, s, 1859, pt. vi, 67 (California). — Coop. 

 & Suck., N. H. Wash. Ter. 1860, 251.— MuR., Edinb. Phil. Journ. xi, 1853, 228, 

 pi. 4, fig. 2. — Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst, iv, 1864, 87 (Massachusetts, rare). — Coues, 

 ibid. V, 1868, 298.— Lawr., Ann. Lye. viii, 1866, 296.— Turnb., B. E. Pa. 1869, 45 

 (occasional). — Dall & Banx., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 295 (Alaska). — Snow, B. 

 Kans. 1873, 11. 



Bernicla (Leucoblepharon) hidchinsii, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, pp. xlix, 766. 



Branta (Leucoblepharon) hutchitisii, Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 76, No. 10579. 



Branta hutchinsii, Banx., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1870, 131. 



Branta canadensis var. hutchinsii, CoUES, Key, 1872, 284. 



Anser (Branta) canadensis var. hutchinsii, 'Ridgw., Ann. Lye. N. Y. x, 1874, 388 (Illinois). 



Sab. — The whole of North America, breeding in the United States, as well as 

 further north. Accidental in Europe (see above quotations). Var. hutchinsii with 

 nearly coincident range ; especially abundant on the west coast in winter. Var. leuco- 

 pareia from the northwest coast. 



Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. — .5471, Yellowstone Eiver. 



Later Eipedilions. — 00000-0, Sweetwater Eiver. 



Not obtained by Captain Eaynolds' Expedition. 



Both Hutchias' and the Common Wild Goose I have found migrating 

 through Dakota, in April and October, in considerable numbers, and 

 Dr. Hayden states that the latter breeds on the Yellowstone. That it 

 occasionally nests at large through the United States is abundantly at- 

 tested. "While in North Carolina I had reason to believe that it did so 

 in the vicmity of Fort Macon, as stated in my article above quoted. 

 But the most interesting information of its breeding that I have to 

 offer is that it nests in various parts of the Upper Missouri and Yel- 

 lowstone regions, in trees. This fact of arboreal nidiflcation is proba- 

 bly little known, and might even be doubted by some ; but, although 



