BlEiDS OF ISTDIANA. 639 



57. (17^.. Branla 'bernicla (Likn.). 



Biauit. 



Head entirely Uack; mididie off neok m& a ijpaAek of whiibe streaks 

 on eadi Bide; upper partB trrosKrashigray, the feattheics ntHjrowily tipped 

 with grayish-ifdiite; Icwar "pKrlfcs pate grayish, in 'ccmfifpieuoms CM)!biaet 

 with black of chest, and gffiBdualdy iadimg into tibe white of flioal region 

 and crisBiun. 



Length, 33.50-3i0^«; wmg, 12.3-G-13.60; bill, 1.30-1.50; tarsias, '3.10- 

 2.40. 



Eajstge. — ^Northern parts of NojEthema .Hemuspheue;; in North Aimer- 

 iea chiefly on the Atlantic .eoast; rare in the interior lor away f nora Bait 

 water. Breeds only in AircUc Circle. 



Nest, a hoillDW in tfee samd, lined with feEtliers and down. JJfgs, 

 ^4-6; grayish or dirty white; 2.92 by 2.02. 



Accidental visitor. 



This goose prefers the sea, and does not wander far firom tide water. 

 It is, how-ever, ©eeafiionailiy found in the interior, where it has been 

 reported from Ohio, IlHn'Ois and Wiseonajsin. 



Dr. Eufus Haymond reported it from the Whitewater Valley. (Proc. 

 Phil. Acad. Nat. Sei., 18S6, p. 296,, and Ind. Geol. Rept., 1869, p. »32.) 

 Ms. 0. B. Warren informs me that a specimen was tatoen at Alhion, 

 Mich., by E. M. Grifiin in the winter of 1884, and is now in the collec- 

 tion of the college there. There are also other Michigan records. 

 (Cook, Birds of Michigan, p. 47.) Prof. Cooke says diming the winter 

 of 1863-4 this species was represented from Illinois southwiard by a 

 few rare visitants. (Bird Mig. Miss. Valley, p. 78.) 



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Subfamily CYGNIN^. Swans. 

 28. Genus OLOR Waglir. 



«!. B^ll black with a yellow spot; the riistaTicefrom the eye to fhe nostril much' 



greater than from the latter poiwt to the tip of ball. 



O. oolujmbianus (Ord.). 58 

 a'. Bill black, no yellow; the distance from the eye to the nostril not greater 



than from the latter point lo tip of bill. O. .buccinator (Kich.). 59 



58. tl80) Olor columbiarms (Or©.). 



WMstliug Swan. 



Pure white; head often stained with rusty; biU laad lores, black, 

 usually the latter with small yeUow spot; iris, dark brown; feet, black. 



Length about 54.06; extent, 84.00; wing, 21.00-32.00; bill, 3.80- 

 4.20; tarsus, 4.00-4.33. 



