344 APPENDIX. 



Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. 



Anas canadensis Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 123 : 



Canada. 



Bernicla canadensis (lann.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 118 ; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 412. 

 Branta canadensis Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 1895, 



p. 112. 



The Canada Goose has long been domesticated in the 

 British Islands, and those recorded have undoubtedly escaped 

 from captivity or from ornamental waters. 



This Goose is found throughout North America from the 

 Arctic coast to the southern borders of the United States. 

 The typical race occupies the eastern portion of the range 

 of the species as a whole. 



Branta nigricans. Black Brent. 



Anser nigricans Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. H. N.T. iv. 

 1848, p. 171, pi. xii. ; New Jersey, U.S.A. 



Branta nigricans (Zawr.) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 

 1895, p. 12.3 ; Gurney, Zoologist, 1908, p. 124. 



Examples of this Goose are said to have been obtained 

 in Staffordshire, Nov. 1895 and Feb. 1902; in Warwickshire, . 

 Nov. 1897 ; and on the Wash (Norfolk) in Feb. 1902, Jan. 

 1907, and 1909 ; but its occurrence must be regarded as 

 by no means proven. 



The Black Brent breeds in Arctic Asia and America from 

 the Lena River to Melville Island. In winter it migrates 

 southwards along the east coast of Asia to Japan and the 

 west coast of America to Lower California. It has been 

 recorded from the Hawaiian Islands. 



