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Morris."^ vii., 10, 149 — Many remain on the lakeB near Newberne, N. 

 C, all summer — J. E. W. vii., 11, 164 — ^Very common spring and 

 fall migra t at Ann Arbor, Micb., passing here from March 10 to the 

 middle of April— A. B. Ooven. vii., 33, 346— A fl ick noticed at 

 Salem, Mass., December 30, 1876, very late for them—" Ttal" (R. L. 

 Newcomb). vii., 34, 373 — Account of their breeding in confinement, 

 in which is the statement that the goose does not lay before the third 

 year — Philip Vibert. vii., 25, 389— Found in Southeastern Wyoming, 

 Aprils, 1875— A. G Brackett. vii., 26, 405— Several instances of 

 their breeding in confinement, yiii. , 2, 17 — Account of them in con- 

 finement, when they became unfit tor fodd, owing to the foul water 

 they inhabited, viii., 2, 23— Flying north over Dunnville, Wis., 

 February 4, 1877 — H- B. K. viii., 4, 50— Speaks of their going off in 

 the spring after having been domesticated, and bringing uack a brood 

 In the fall— " Audubon." viii., 6, 80 — Arrived at Lake City, Minn., 

 February 15. 1877— D. C. Estes. viii., 7, 96— Noticed at Plymouth, 

 Mass., in 1852— F. 0. Browne, viii., 7, 96— "Habits of Domesti- 

 cated Wild Geese" — G. P. viii., 10, 146— Spring and autumn migrant 

 at Webster, N. H. — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 13, 177— Domestication 

 of the Canada Goose at Benson Grove, Iowa— H. H. viii., 14, 208 — 

 " Wild Geese in Confinement" near Portland, Me. — " Mac." viii., 

 15, 234— Account of their being bred in confinement In Virginia — 

 Jesse T. Littleton, viii., 16, 241— Pass over Coteau des Prairies, Da- 

 kota, in April ; return in September ; remain until October 31 ; a few 

 breed— Chas E. McOhesney. viii , 18, 380— Extract from the St. 

 Louis Bepubliccm about tame geese, viii , 23, 860 — Account of their 

 breeding m confinement in Virginia — R. H. viii., 23, 380 — Found in 

 Michigan— " Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). ix., 33, 415 — Flying north 

 at Watertown,Wis., December 33, 1877— S. S. W. x., 5, 76— Dates of 

 arrival in spring at Framingham, Mass., for twenty-five years— F. O. 

 Browne., x. . 6, 99— Noticed at Dover, N. H., Maroh 11, 1878— G. 

 A. W. xi., 3, 47 — Common in spring at Peotone, 111. — D. H. Eaton, 

 xii. , 4, 67— Account of their mating with a tame goose. — J. D. H. 

 xii., 10, 188— Plenty, April 7, 1879, at Hayts, N. Y.— L. B. W. xii., 

 17, 326— Have a pair domesticated— M. W. Clark, xii., 30, 385 — 

 Nest found at Lake Como, Wyoming, May 2, with seven eggs ; nest 

 built up securely with reeds and sticks about eighteen inches above 

 the water on marsh — ^S. W. Williston. 



Branta canadensis hutcMnsii. Hutchins' Goose, ii., 1, 2 — Found at 

 Humboldt Bay, Cal.—" Monmouth" (Aug. K. Egbert), ii., 8, 124 — 

 Short description of the species by the Editors, iii., 9, 139 — Found 

 in the Northwestern Territoriep — Mortimer Kerry, vi., 18, 284 — 

 Pound In Nebra&ka— C. H. Phillipa. vii., 16, 245— Found in the 

 Chicago markets — Thos. H Howell, viii., 23, 380 — This form is 

 found in Michigan — " Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). 



Branta leacopsis. Barnacle Goose, ii., 8, 123— It is a mooted question 

 whether it has ever been taken in North America — Editors, vii. 12, 

 181 — One found in the makets, October 20, 1876, in New York City) 

 represented to have been taken on Long Island — '". G. Kendall, vii., 

 ■ 18, 276 — Giving further particulars about the above specimen, and 

 stating that there is a specimen in the museum at Central Park, N. 

 Y. , that was shot at Currituck— J. R KendfU. The Editors state in 

 a foot-note that there is a specimen in the Smithsonian Institution (see 

 Am. Nat., II., p. 49), and another specimen taken in the United 

 States was the property for a time of Mr. B. Wade, Jr. (see Am. Nat . 

 v., p. 10). 



Brant Bird. Local name on the New Jersey coast for StrepgOm interpret. 



Brant Goose. Sue Branta bemicla. i 



Brewer's Blackbird. See BcoUcophagns cyamocephalm. 



Brewster's Linnet.. See lanota fimirogtrU irew»teri. 



