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172 c. Brcinta canadensis minima Ridgw. 



Cackling Goose. 



Branta minima Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. No. 2, April 20, 



188s, 23. 

 Branta canadensis minima Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885 , 



355- 



[B 568, C 48sa, R 594'^. C 703,] 



Geog. Dist. — Coast of Alaska, chiefly about Norton Sound and 

 Lower Yukon, migrating southward into the western United States, 

 east to Wisconsin. 



173. Branta bernicla (Linn.). 



Brant. 



Anas bernicla Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 124. 

 Branta bernicla Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. 1769, 67. 



[B 570, C 484, R 595, C 700.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of the northern hemisphere ; in 

 North America chiefly on the Atlantic coast ; rare in the interior, or 

 away from salt water. 



174. Branta nigricans (Lawr.). 



Black Brant. 



Anser nigricans Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y. IV. 1846, i7r. 

 Branta nigricans Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. 



[B571, C— R596, C701.J 



Geog. Dist. — Arctic and western North America, south in winter 

 to Lower California ; casual in the Atlantic States. 



[175. J Branta leucopsis (Bechst.). 

 Barnacle Goose. 



Anas leucopsis Bechstein, Orn. Taschb. Deutschl. 1803, 424. 

 Branta leucopsis Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. 



[B 572, C 483, R 597. C 699.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of the Old World ; casual in eastern 

 North America. 



