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79- Anser albifrons gambeli {Hart I.). American White- 

 fronted Goose (17 1a.) — North America, breeding far northward I 

 in winter, south to Mexico and Cuba. Rare on the Atlantic coast. 

 It has been recorded on Long Island from Babylon {Giraud), Great 

 South Bay, Islip, aud Montauk {Dutcher, Auk, X, 1893^.271). 



*8o. Branta canadensis {Linn). Canada Goose. (172.) — 

 Breeds from Newfoundland and Minnesota northward, and migrates, 

 southward to the West Indies and Mexico. It is here a common 

 migrant, appearing in November and remaining until our bays are 

 frozen In the spring the last birds pass on their northward 

 journey as late as early May. 



Canada Goose. 



81. Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Sw. 6° Rich). Hut- 

 chins's Goose. (1720.) — Breeds within the Arctic Circle and 

 migrates southward, chiefly through the Mississippi Valley. It 

 is a rare migrant in this vicinity. 



82. Branta bernicla {Linn.). Brant. (173.) — Breeds within 

 the Arctic Circle ; in North America, migrates southward along the 

 Atlantic coast, reaching North Carolina in winter. It is here a 



