122 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



Sranta canadensis hutchinsii (Sw. & Rich.) 

 Hvicmirs's goose. 



Popular synonyms. Lesser Canada Goose; Small Gray Goose; Little Wild Goose; Eskimo 

 Goose; Mud Goose (Long Inland); Marsh Goose (North Carolina); Prairie Goose; 

 Bay Goose (Texas). 



Anas bernicla, var. 6. Bich. App. Parry's Toy. 368. 



Anser hutchinsii S^. &Eiofi. F. B. -A, ii, 1831,470.— Num. Man. ii. 1834, 362.— AUD. Om. 



Biog. iil, 1835,226, pi. 277; Synop. 1839,271; B. Am. vl, 1843, W», pi. 377. 

 Bernicla hutchinsii Woodh. Sltgr. Exp. 1853, 102.— Baied, B. N. Am. 1858, pp. xlix, 766; 



Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 669. 

 Branta hutchinsii Bannist. Proo. Acad. Nat. Soi. Phila. 1870, 131.— Eidgw. Orn. 40th 



Par. 1877,620. 

 Bramta canadensis, var. hutchinsii CoUES, Key. 1872, 284; Oheok List, 1?''3, No. 4856. 

 Branta canadensis, o. hutchinsii Gotj'e.s, B .N. W. 1874, 554. 

 Bernicla canadensis hutchinsii, Eidqw. Proo. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii, 1880, 203; Nom. N. 



Am. B. 1881, No. 594a.— CouBS. Oheok List, 2d ed. 1882, No. 704. 

 Bernicla canadensis y. hutchinsi B. B. & B. Water B. N. Am. i, 1884, 455, 4581 

 Branta canadensis hutchinsii A. O. V. Check List, 1886, No, 172a.— Eedqw. Man. N. 



Am. B. 1887, 117. 

 Anser leucopareius Beandt, BuU. So. Ac. St. Petersb. i, 1836, 37. 



Hab. North America in general, breeding in the Arotlo districts, and migrating south 

 In winter, chiefly through the western tJnited State? and Mississippi Yalley ; northeasteflrn 

 Asia. 



SuBSP. Ohab. Exactly like B. canadensis in plumage, but considerably smaller, and 

 tail-teathers usually 14 or 16. Total length about 25.00-35.00 inches ; wing, 14.^-17.75; culmen, 

 1.20-1.90; tarsus, 2.25-3.20. 



In a lar^e series oi specimens, the following variations are 

 noted: The ashy beneath varies from a pale tint of c(madend% 

 to the dark shades of mmiina and occidentaUs, but is usually 

 about intermediate between the two extremes ; the white collar 

 round the neck, at the lower edge of the black, is seen only in 

 autumnal or winter specimens. The white of the head is usually 

 uninterrupted on the throat, even in very dark-plumaged ex- 

 amples, but occasionally is separated into two patches by a black 

 throat-stripe, as in nwnvma and ocddentalis, the plumage, other- 

 wise being light colore(i. 



This small form of the Canada (Soose is abundant in Illinois 

 during its migrations, and has little to distinguish it from the 

 larger kind beyond its smaller size, proportionally smaller bill, 

 and the possession, ordinarily, of fewer tail-feathers (one or two 

 pairs less). 



