62 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B 565, 566, C 478, R 593^^, C 693.] 



Geog. Dist. — North America (rare qn the Atlantic coast), breed- 

 ing far northward ; in winter south to Cape St. Lucas, Mexico, and 

 Cuba. 



Genus BRANTA Scopoli. 



Branta Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. 1769, 67. Type, Anas 

 bemicla Linn. 



172. Branta canadensis (Linn.). 



Canada Goose. 



Anas canadensis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 123. 



jBrania canadensis BAVit^iSTEK, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. 



[B 567, C 48s, R 594, C 702.J 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, breeding in the north- 

 ern United States and British Provinces ; south in winter to Mexico. 



172 a. Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). 

 Hutchins's Goose. 



Anser hutchinsii Rich, in Sw. & Rich. Faun. Bor. Am. II. 



1831, 470. 

 Branta canadensis var. hutchinsii Coues, Key, 1872, 284. 



[B 569, C 485*5, R 594a:, C 704.] 



Geog. Dist. — North America, breeding in the Arctic regions, 

 and migrating south in winter, chiefly through the western United 

 States and Mississippi Valley ; northeastern Asia. 



Vl'lb. Branta canadensis occidentalis (Baird). 

 White-cheeked Goose. 



Bemicla occidentalis Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 766. 

 Branta canadensis occidentalis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885,355. 



[65670:, C— R594f, C— .] 



Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast region, from Sitka south, in winter, 

 to California. 



