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Analysis qf Species and Varieties. 



Forehead, cheeks, and chin white. (European, ) leucopsis 699 



Forehead, cheeks, and chin black j white stripes on neck. 



Black of neck well defined against light lower parts brenta 700 



Black of neck extending over breast nigrtcans 701 



Forehead black ; cheeks and chin white ; no white stripes on neck. 

 Tail normally 18-feathered. Large. 



No white collar in black of lower neck canadensis 702 



A white collar in black of lower neck occidentalis 702a 



Tail normally 16-feathered. Small. 



No white collar in black of lower neck hutchinsi 704 



A white collar in black of lower neck leucoparia 703 



699. B. leucop'sis. (Gr. Xevxo'r, leiMlos, white ; S\jw, opsifS, appearance : the face white.) 

 Barkaclb G-oosb. Tail normally of 16 feathers. BUI, feet, and claws black. Iris brown. 

 Front and sides of head 

 and chin white, with a 

 dark line at base of bill, 

 and thence to eye. Rest 

 of head and neck all 

 around black, prolonged 

 on the back and wings, 

 the feathers of the latter 

 bluish, gray at base and 

 edged at end with whit- 

 ish; rump and tail black. 

 Upper and under tail- 

 coverts, sides of rump, 

 belly, and hind breast, 

 white or whitish, the 

 sides shaded with gray. 

 Quills dusky, blackening 

 at ends, tinged on the 

 exposed surfaces with 

 ashy. Sexes similar ; 9 

 duller colored and smaller 

 than (J. Length of $ 

 28.00 ; extent 55.00 

 wing 17.00; tail 6.00 

 bill 1.50; tarsus 3.75 

 middle toe and claw the 

 same. Europe; very rare 

 and casual in N. Am. ex- 

 cepting Greenland, where 

 regular. (Hudson's Bay, 

 Am. Nat., ii, 1868, p. 49. 

 N. Carolina, A.m. Nat., 

 V, 1871, p. 10. 

 Nov. 23, 1876.) 



700. B. bren'ta. (Quasi-Lat. brenthus, brentus, burnt 

 claws black ; iris brown. 



Fig. 476. — Black Brant. (From American Field.) 

 Long Island, Bull. Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p- 18. Illinois, Forest and Stream, 



Fig. 475.) Brant Goose. BUI, feet, and 

 Head and neck all around, and a little of fore part of body, glossy- 

 black, well defined against the color of the breast : on each side of the neck a small patch of 

 white streaks ; frequently also white touches on eyelid and chin. Breast a.shy-gray, beginning 



