GEESE 



(175) Branta leucopsis 



(Beclj.) (Or., white, appcLiranCL-). 



BARNACLE GOOSE. An Old 

 World, white-faced species occurring 

 in Greenland; casual on the Atlantic 

 coast of the United States. 



(177) Dendrocygna autumnalis 



(Linn.) (Cir., a tr^ju; Lat., a swan; Lat., 

 autumnal). 



BLACK-BEELIED TREE 

 DUCK. Neck and legs long. Bill and 

 feet fl;sh-color. Plumage as shown. 

 L., 20.00; W., 10.00; T., 3.00; B., 1.60; 

 Tar., 2.25. Nest — In cavities of 

 trees, of grass and feathers; six to 

 fifteen pure white eggs, 2.05 x 1.50. 



Range — Breeds from Corpus 

 Christ!, Tex., southward. 



from storms. They are less wary than other geese and come 

 readily to decoys or to an imitation of their notes, which 

 are a continued, rolling, guttural " car-r-r-rup. " They 

 feed chiefly upon eel grass or other water plants which they 

 secure by "tipping-up" and pulling up by the roots. 



Brant breed as far, or farther, north as any other water 

 fowl, the nest first having been discovered by Captain 

 Fielden in latitude 82° 33'. They appear off the New Eng- 

 land coast in October, in quite large flocks, flying massed 

 with no particular style of fornration. They keep well 

 off shore during migration, but after they have reached 

 their winter quarters they move about but little except to 

 make their daily flights inland or to mud flats for feeding 

 and then out to sea to sleep at night. With so little exercise 

 and so much food, they fatten rapidly and become excellent 

 table birds; hence they become targets for every sportsman. 



TREE DUCKS show some characteristics common to 

 geese, others of ducks and still others peculiar to themselves. 



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