686 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS— LAME LLIROSTBES— AN SEJRES 
to those of the next. N. Am. at large ; breeds in high latitudes, migrating and wintering in 
the U. S. Abundant in the interior and along the Pacific coast, less so on the Atlantic. 
Casual in Europe. Eggs about 3.00 X 2.00, yellowish-white. 
696. C. h. alba'tus. (Lat. albatus, whitened.) Lesser Snow Goose. Coloration precisely 
as in the last; size less, but grading up to that of hijperboreus. Length about 25.00 j wing 
15.50; tail 5.50; bill 2.00-2.12 ; tarsus 2.90-3.00. Western N. Am., probably also Eastern; 
accidental in Ireland. 
697. C. ros'si. (To B. R. Ross.) Ross' GoosE. Horned Wavey. Least Snow Goose. 
Coloration as in the foregoing. Bill with tlie outline of the feathers on the side nearly straight 
instead of strongly convex, studded at base with numerous papillae, and less exposure of the 
teeth. Very small, no larger than a mallard duck. Length about 21.00 ; wing 14.50 ; tail 
5.00 ; bill 1.50; tarsus 2.50. Arctic America, U. S. in winter, western. A curious little white 
goose, so different from the other species of Chen as to have been made type of a genus 
Exanthemops. 
281. PHILAC'TE. (Gr. cfilXos, philos, loving; oKTrj, akte, the seashore.) Painted Geese. 
Superficial aspect of CJien. Skull with superorbital depressions (wanting in other N. Am. 
geese). Teeth of bill 
exposed posteriorly ; 
the nail prominent ; 
bill moderately ro- 
bust. Tarsus not 
longer than middle 
toe and claw. Plu- 
mage variegated, but 
no metallic tints ; bill 
and feet light-colored. 
Webbing of the toes 
incised. Sexes alike. 
Arctic and maritime. 
G98. P. cana'gica. (Of 
the island of Kanaga. 
Fig. 474.) Painted 
Goose. Emperor 
Goose. Wavy blu- 
ish-gray, with laven- 
der or lilac tinting. Fig. 475. — Common Brant. (From Lewis.) 
and sharp black crescentic marks ; head, nape, and tail white, former often washed with amber- 
yellow; throat black, white-speckled; quills varied with black and white; eye brown; feet 
flesh-color. Length 25.00-28.00; wing 15.00-17.00 ; tail 5.00-6.00; bill 1.50; tarsus 3.00. 
N. W. coast ; abundant at mouth of Yukon ; wintering chiefly in S. Alaska and the Aleutian 
Islands, breeding N. to Behring Strait at least ; also on the Siberian side. A remarkable 
species, unlike any other goose of our country ; strictly maritime. Its flesh is rank, and 
scarcely fit for food. Eggs about 5, 3.35 X 2.00, white, with fine pale brown dotting, giving a 
general pale dirty-brown color. 
282. BER'NICLA. (Latinized from English barnacle.) Barnacle Geese. Brant Geese. 
Bill short, the nostrils at its middle. Laminje of bill not exposed, the commissure being 
straight. Head and neck black, with white spaces. Bill and feet black. Hind toe very 
small. Tail of 16-18 feathers. Sexes alike. Several species, of both Hemispheres. (The name 
barnacle " commemorates the fable that these birds sprouted from the little cirripeds called 
barnacles; brent" or brant" is simply burnt " goose, from the dark color, as if charred.) 
