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BRANTA CANADENSIS OCCIDENTALIS {Baird). 



White-cheeked Qoose. 



Special characters: "White patches on cheeks, usually separated by a black throat stripe 

 or black mottling on the throat ; white collar round lower neck, usually very distinct ; wing, 

 more than 16 ; oulmen, more than 1.25." — Bidgway. 



Pacific coast form ranging from Alaska, south in winter to California. 



BRANTA CANADENSIS HINIMA. 



Similar to the preceding species but smaller and the under parts darker. 

 Length, 23 to 25; wing, 13.60 to 14.50; culmen, 95 to 1.15; tarsus, 2.40 to 2.75. 

 Habitat: "Coast of Alaska chiefly about Korton Sound and the Lower Yukon, migrating 

 southward into the Western United States, east to Wisconsin." (A. O. U.) 



BRANTA LEUCOPSIS {Bechst). 



European Barnacle Goose. 



The European Barnacle Goose, Branta leucqpsis, is common in northern 

 parts of the Old World. It occurs regularly in Greenland, and specimens 

 have occasionally been taken on our coasts. The white on the forehead and 

 sides of the head and chin will always distinguish it from American species. 



