730 SYNOPSIS OF 
of quills, tips of secondaries, and broad bar on seco; dery coverts, white ; 
tail, light gray; the feathers margined with white, the two middle, light 
brownish gray ; upper tail-coverts, white, barred with dusky; breast and 
abdomen, white. Male, 6, 134. Habitat, from Labrador to New York. 
Nests on the ground, in the vicinity of small fresh-water lakes. Eggs, 
four, deep buff, marked with blotches of reddish brown. 
Phalaropus hyperboreus, Bonap. Syn. p. 342. Nutt. ii. 239, Aud iii. 118; v. 595; 
plate 215. — Lobipes hyperboreus, Aud. Syn. p. 240. 
376. Phalaropus Wilsonii, Sabine. — Wilson’s Phalarope, Wilson, 
p- 640. 
Eggs, three, cream yellow, spotted and blotched with umber brown. 
Phalaropus Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 342; Orn. iv. 59, Rich. § Swain, ii. 405. 
Nutt. ii. 245. Aud. iii. 400; plate 254. — Lobipes Wilsonii, Aud. Syn. p. 241. 
FAMILY IL—ANATIDA, Vigors. 
GENUS I.—PHCENICOPTERUS, Linn. — FLAMINGO. 
377. Pheenicopterus ruber, Linn.— American Flamingo, Wilson, 
p. 565. 
Nests on the ground. Eggs, two, dirty white. 
Pheenicopterus ruber, Bonap. Syn. p. 348. Nutt. ii. 71. Aud. v. 255; plate 431; 
Syn. p. 269. ° 
GENUS II.— ANSER, Briss.— GOOSE. 
378. Anser Canadensis, Linn. — Canada Goose, Wilson, p. 570. 
Anser Canadensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 377. Nutt. ii. 349. Rich. § Swain. ii. 468. Aud. 
iii, 13 v. 6075 plate 201; Syn. p. 270. 
379. Anser Hutchinsii, Rich. — Hutchins’s Goose. 
Bill, feet, and claws, black ; head and neck, glossy black; large trian- 
gular patch of white on each side of head and neck ; upper parts, brownish 
gray, margined with yellowish gray; abdomen and lower tail-coverts, 
white ; hind part of back, brownish black ; primary quills and tail-feathers, 
deep brown. Adult, 25,50. Habitat, from Maine to Arctic Regions, and 
Columbia River. Eggs, four, pure white. 
Anser Hutchinsii, Rich. § Swait ii. 470. Aud. iii. 526; plate 277; Syn. p. 271. 
380. Anser leucopsis, Bechst. -- Barnacle Goose. 
Bill, feet, and claws, black; anterior part of head, broad space above 
eye, sides of head, and throat, white; feathers, margining the bill, and 
line from bill to eye, brownish black ;, neck, bluish black ; rump and tail- 
feathers, deep black ; upper and lower tail-coverts, and sides of rump, pure 
white. Male, 27, 56. Female, 234, 52. Habitat, northern parts, acci- 
dental. 
ae Bonap. Syn. 377, Nutt. ii, 355. Aud. iii. 609; plate 296; Syn, 
381. Anser Bernicla, Linn. — Brent Goose, Wilson, p. 621. 
Anser Bernicla, Bonap. Syn. p. 378. Rich. & Swain. ii. 469. Nutt. ii 
v. 24, 610; plate 3915 Syn. p. 272. ss a Mee Mah Ne 
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