84 ducks, geese and swans of north america. 



Genus BRANTA Scopoli. 



BRANTA CANADENSIS {Linn.). 

 Canada Qoose. 



Ailult : Head and net-k, black ; a patch of white on the side of the head behind the eye 

 extending to tlie chiu; back and wings, grayish Ijrown; breast and under parts, dull grajish 

 white, becoming white on the belly ; tail, black. 



The immature bird is similar, but has tlie throat and cheeks sometimes mottled. 



Length, 40; wing, 19; bill, 2..50; tarsus, 3.20. 



Braiita canadensis. 



The Canada Goose occurs throughout temperate North America, breeding 

 in Northern United States and the British Provinces. It ranges in winter as 

 far south as Mexico and Jamaica, and a great number pass the winter on tlie 

 Atlantic coa.st south of Virginia. 



The nest, which is composed of sticks and grass lined with feathers, is built 

 in the marshes and on borders of streams ; it is claimed that sometimes the 

 nest is placed in a tree. At one time it bred commonly on the Magdalen 

 Islands. The eggs are four or five, usually brownish white. 



BRANTA CANADENSIS HUTCHINSII {Sw. 6- Jiic/i.). 

 Hutchins' Qoose. 



Similar to the Canada Goose, but smaller; rare east of the Mississippi Valley. 



Habitat: " ISTorth America, breeding in the Arctic regions and migrating south in winter, 

 chiefly through the Western ITnited States and Mississippi Valley, Northeastern Asia." 

 (A. (). Lf.) 



