AN ATIDJE — ANSERINE : GEESE, 
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Analysis of Species and Varieties. 
Forehead, cheeks, and chin white. (European.) leucopsis 699 
Forehead, cheeks, and chin black ; white stripes on neck. 
Black of neck well defined against light lower parts brenta 700 
Black of neck extending over breast nigricans 701 
Forehead black ; cheeks and chin white ; no white stripes on neck. 
Tail normally 18-feathered. Large. 
No white collar in black of lower neck canadensis 702 
A white collar in black of lower neck occidentalis 702a 
Tail normally 16-feathered. Small. 
No white collar in black of lower neck hutchinsi 704 
A white collar in black of lower neck leucoparia 703 
599. B. leucop'sis. (Gr. XevKos, leucos, white ; oi/^ts-, opsis, appearance : the face white.) 
Barnacle Goose. Tail uormally of 16 feathers. Bill, feet, and claws black. Iris brown. 
Front and sides of head 
and chin white, with a 
dark line at base of bill, 
and thence to eye. Rest 
of head and neck all 
around black, prolonged 
on the back and wings, 
the feathers of the latter 
bluish, gray at base and 
edged at end with whit- 
ish ; rump and tail bhick. 
Upper and under tail- 
coverts, sides of rump, 
belly, and hind breast, 
white or whitish, the 
sides shaded with gray. 
Quills dusky, blackening 
at ends, tinged on the 
exposed surfaces with 
ashy. Sexes shnilar ; 9 
duller colored and smaller 
than Length of ^ 
28.00 ; extent 55.00 ; 
wing 17.00 ; tail 6.00 ; 
bill 1.50; tarsus 2.75; 
middle toe and claw the 
same. Europe; very rare 
and casual in N. Am. ex- 
cepting Greenland, where 
regular. (Hudson's Bay, 
Am. Nat.,ii, 18G8, p. 49. 
N. Carolina, Am. Nat., 
V, 1871, p. 10. Long Island, Bull. 
Nov. 23, 1876.) 
700. B. bren'ta. (Quasi-Lat. hrenthus, hrentus, burnt. Fig. 475.) Brant Goose. Bill, feet, and 
claws black ; iris brown. Head and neck all around, and a little of fore part of body, glossy- 
black, well defined against the color of the breast : on each side of the neck a small patch of 
white streaks ; frequently also white touches on eyelid and chin. Breast ashy-gray, beginning 
Fig. 476. — Black Brant. (From American Field.) 
Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 18. Illinois, Forest and Stream, 
