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Anser canadensis (Linn. . 
„ ferns canadensis Edw. 
canadensis sylvestris Brias. 
? „ parvipes Cuss. 
Health tis canadensis (L. . 
Cygnopsis ' canadensis (L. . 
Oygnus canadensis (L.). 
Afias canadensis Linn. 
$£4? . Canada Goose, Canada Brent Goose, 
pjc^. Canada Goose, Wild Goose, Gray Goose, Honker. 
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1 keep distinct the synonym of the four forms admitted by American ornithokgisls 
(/>. canadensis, hutchinsi, occidentaiis, and minima), and have added to each the descrip- 
tion given by Mr. Ridgway, I have not been able to draw the line be we n them and 
to recognize more than two species — one (/>. canadensis) extremely variable in ssze, and 
found nearly all over N. America; and a second, very much smaller and not very vari- 
able in size, confined to Alaska during the breed ing-season, but, according lo the Ame- 
rican authors, extending to California in winter. Of the first species, besides other 
.sjH'cimcn.s, there is in the British Museum a series of 7 specimens from Corpus Christi 
(Texas), fully adult and young, whose beaks vary from '2.'-\ to 1.1 inches, and all the 
other parts accordingly. They shaw such a perfect transition from one to another, that 
their specific identity cannot be questioned fin- a moment. 
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~T is & ') • fi|J f~ B. canadensis, of temperate North America, wintering down to Mexico, 
has a triangular white patch on each side of the black head, and is comparatively large; 
B. hutchinsi is a smaller and more Arctic form, B. minima and B. oecidet\talis north- 
western races of the same. 
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