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ANATIDiE, GEESE. GEN. 251. 



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breast; 2 feet long; wing 13; tail 5; bill 1^ ; tarsus 2^. Hudson's Bay ; 



Arctic and Atlantic (and Pacific?) Coast, S. in winter to Carolina or further; 



common. Wils., viii, 131, pi. 72, f. 1 ; Sw. and Eich., F. B.-A. ii, 469 ; 



NuTT., ii, 359; AuD., vi, 203, pi. 379; Bd., 767 beenicla. 



Var. NIGRICANS. Blacli Brant. Similar ; black of jugulum extending over most 



of the under parts, gradually fading behind ; white neck patches usually larger and 



meeting in front. Both coasts ; very abundant on the Pacific ; not common on the 



Atlantic. Lawe., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1846, 171 ; 

 Cass., 111. 52, pi. 10 ; Bd., 767. 



Canada Goose. Common Wild Goose. 

 Tail normally 18-feathered. Grayish-brown, 

 below paler or whitish-gray, bleaching on 

 the crissum, all the feathers with lighter 

 edges ; head and neck black, with a broad 

 white patch on the throat mouutiug each side 

 of the head ; tail black, with white upper 

 coverts. About 36 ; wing 18-20 ; tail 6J-7J ; 

 bill lf-2 ; tarsus usually over 3. N. Am., 

 abundant; U. S. chiefly in winter, but also 

 occasionally in summer, breeding sparingly. 

 Sw. and Eicii., Fn. B.-A. ii, 468; Nutt., 



ii, 349; AuD., vi, 178, pi. 376; Bd., 764 canadensis. 



Var. leucopareia. Black of neck bounded below by a -white jugular collar ; 



under parts rather darker than is usual in the Canada goose, well defined against 



the white of the jugulum and crissum. Size of the last ; tail feathers 18. Cass., 



111. 272, pi. 45 ; Bd., 765. B. occidentalis Bd., 766 (in text), 

 '-(j- Var. HDTCiiiNsii. Tail usually 16-fcathered. Colors exactly as in the Canada 



goose, but size less. About 2i feet long; wing 15-17; tail 5-6; bill 1^-1| ; 



tarsus rather under 3. ISf. Am., but chiefly northern and western. Sw. and Rich., 



F. B.-A., ii, 470; Nutt., ii, 362; Aud., vi, 198, pi. 377; Bd., 766. 



Fig. 185. 



rt, Canafla Goose; h, var. 

 parcia. 



WiES., viii, 52, pi. 67, f. 4; 



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251. Genus DENDROCYGNA Swainson. 



*^* Duck-like arboricole geese, with the bill longer than the head, terminated by 

 a prominent nail, the legs very long with the tibite extensively denuded below, the 

 hind toe lengthened, more than one-third as long as the tarsus. In addition to the 

 following species, a third, D. arhorea, of the "West Indies, may occur in the South. 



[, Fulvous Tree Duck. Pale cinnamon or yellowish-brown, darker on the 

 crown, the nape with a black line, the bend of the wing chocolate-brown; 

 rest of the wing, rump and tail, black, its upper and under coverts white ; 

 scapulars and fore back dark with pale cinnamon edgings ; bill and feet 

 blackish ; 20 ; wing 9J ; tail 3^ ; bill 1^ ; tarsus 2^. S. and Cent. Am. and 

 Mexico; Southwestern U. S., not common. Fort Tejon, Cal. {Xantus), 

 Bd., 770 ; Fort Whipple, Ariz., Coues, Proc. Phila. Acad. 1866, 98 ; Gal- 

 veston, Tex. {Dresser; breeding) ; New Orleans, La. (Aloore). . fulva. 

 Autumnal Tree Duck. Blackish, including a nuchal stripe ; crown, most 

 of neck and fore breast, middle of back and scapulars, reddish-chocolate ; 



