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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



Canada (joose 



with a broad white patch under the head, extending on the 



sides back of the eyes. The chin and the rest of the head are 



black. The under 

 parts are much light- 

 er, fading to white 

 around the tail. The 

 young has the white 

 cheek and throat 

 patch mixed with 

 blackish. This is the 

 common wild goose 

 of the eastern United 

 States,and the wedge 

 form of the flocks 

 in their migrations 

 through the air has 



been seen and the noise of their lionMng heard by most 



persons. 



Length, 35-43 ; wing, 15J-21 ; tail, 7 ; tarsus, 2^-34 ; 

 Temperate North America ; breeding in the Nortliern 

 States and British Provinces, and wintering from the 

 Middle States to Mexico. The Hutchins's Goose (172". 

 B. c. hutchinsii) is lilts the last but smaller. Length, 

 25-34 ; wing, 15-18 ; tail, 5| ; tarsus, 2|; culmen, li-l| 

 North America ; breeding in the Arctic regions, and mi- 

 grating south, mainly through the Mississippi Valley ami 

 westward. The Cackling Goose (172=. B. c. 

 minima) is still smaller and has a 

 darker and more brownish breast 

 and upper belly. Length, 

 2.3-2.3 ; wing, 1.3J-15; tail, 

 5 ; tarsus, 2|- ; culmen, IJ. 

 Western North America; 

 breeding in Alaska, and 

 migrating southward 

 through the AYestern 

 States, west to Wisconsin. 



culmen. 



T. Brant(i7S. Brdrita 

 hernida). — A large, 



Brant 



