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Vernacular names.—Brant is said to be applied to this subspecies in Oregon. 
Book names.—Bernache 4 collier blane (white-collared barnacle goose); larger 
white-cheeked goose; western goose; white-collared goose. 
172c. Cackling Goose (Branta canadensis minima). 
Range-——Western North America. Breeds in western Aleutians and from Norton Sound south to 
northern coast of Alaska Peninsula; winters from British Columbia south to San Diego County, California; 
casual east to Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—Brant. 
In local use.—Brown brant (Calif.); bullmeck, bullmeck goose (Wis.); cackler 
(Nebr., Calif.); cackling goose (Man.); chornie goose (Pribilof Islands); crow goose 
(B. C.); greaser (Calif.); little gray goose (Man.); little squeaking goose, yelper (Calif.). 
Geographic wndex.—Alaska, chornie goose; B. C., crow goose; Calif., brown brant, 
cackler, greaser, little squeaking goose, yelper; Man., cackling goose, little gray 
~ goose; Nebr., cackler; Wis., bullneck, bullneck goose. 
BOOK NAMES. 
Cassin’s goose, least Canada goose, little cackling goose, little white-cheeked goose. 
FIG. 30.—Common Brant. 
173. Common Brant ( Branta bernicla'®¢). (Fie. 30.) 
Range.—Breeds on coasts and islands of Arctic seas tributary to Atlantic Ocean; in winter to southern 
Europeand onthe Atlantic coast of Americafrom Massachusetts south to North Carolina, rarely to Florida; 
has been recorded in the interior from Manitoba, Ontario, Colorado, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan, 
Indiana, and Louisiana; accidentalin British Columbia and the Barbados. 
Vernacular names.—In general use: Brant. In local use: Black brant (Del., Va.); 
brant goose (R. I.); light-bellied brant (Long Id., N. Y.). 
Book names.—Barnacle goose, blue brant, eastern brant, eastern sea brant, May 
brant, white-bellied brant. 
In Great Britain this species is known as black goose, brand goose, brent, brent 
goose, clatter goose, and road goose; and in France as bernache commune (common 
barnacle goose) and cravant (specific French vernacular for the species). 
Memnenserrnee ios i eee 
16a Branta bernicla glaucogastra. 
