ob CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



BrS,iita canadensis (Linn^us). 



Range. — North America, from Arctic coast south to southern bor- 

 der of the United States, breeding (at least formerly) to middle 

 districts of eastern United States. 



a. Branta canadensis canadensis (LiNNiEus). Canada Goose. [172.] 



Anas canadensis Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 123. (Canada.) 



Range. — North America. Breeds from limit of trees in valley of the lower 

 Yukon, northwestern Mackenzie, and central Keewatin south to southern 

 Oregon, northern Colorado, Nebraska, and Indiana; formerly bred casually 

 south to New Mexico, Kansas, Tennessee, and Massachusetts; winters from 

 southern British Columbia, southern Colorado, southern Wisconsin, southern 

 Illinois, and New Jersey (rarely southern Ontario and Newfoundland) 

 south to southern California, Texas, and Florida; accidental in Bermuda 

 and Jamaica. 



6. Branta canadensis hutchinsi (Richardson). Hutchins's Goose. [172a.] 

 Anser hutchinsii Richakdson, Fauna Bor.-Am., II, 1831 (1832), 470. 

 (Melville Peninsula.) 



Range. — Western North America. Breeds from Kowak Valley, Alaska, 

 and from mouth of Mackenzie east along Arctic shores and islands from lati- 

 tude 70° south to Melville Peninsula and northwestern Hudson Bay; winters 

 from British Columbia, Nevada, Colorado, and Missouri south to San Rafael 

 in Lower California, Texas, and Louisiana; accidental in Vera Cruz; in 

 migration rare east of the Mississippi Valley but recorded on the Atlantic 

 coast from Maine to Virginia. 



c. Branta canadensis occidentdUs (Baibd). White-cheeked Goose. [1726.] 



Bernicla ocddentalis Baikd, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac, IX, 1858, 

 766. (Port Townsend, Washington.) 



Range. — Pacific coast of North America. Breeds from Prince WiUiam 

 Sound and Mitkof Island south to northeastern California; winters from 

 Washington to southern California. 



d. Branta canadensis minima RidSxstay. Cackling Goose. [172c.] 

 Branta minima Ridgwat, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, May 6, 1885, 22. 



(St. Michael, Alaska.) 



Range. — Western North America. Breeds in western Aleutians and from 

 Norton Sound south to northern coast of Alaska Peninsula; winters from 

 British Columbia south to San Diego County, California; casual east to 

 Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. 



