LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS 
173. Brant. Branta bernicla glaucogastra. 
Range. — Eastern North America, breeding in the 
Arctic regions and wintering in the United States 
east of the Mississippi. 
The Brant resembles a small Canada Goose, 
except that the black of the neck extends on the 
breast, and only the throat is white. They are 
one of the favorite game birds and thousands are 
shot every fall and spring. Their nests and eggs 
are the same as the next species. 
174. Black Brant. Branta nigricans. 
Range. — Western North America, breeding in 
Alaska and wintering on the Pacific coast of the 
United States. Rare east of the Mississippi. 
Grayish 
Brant 
Black Brant 
This species is like the last except that the 
black extends on the under parts. This species 
nests very abundantly in northern Alaska, laying 
their eggs in a depression in the ground, lined with down. Favorite locations 
are the many small islets in ponds and small lakes. They lay from four to 
eight grayish colored eggs. Size 2.80 x 1.75. Data. — Cape Bathurst, North 
West Territory, Junes 22, 1901. Seven eggs in a small hollow in the ground, 
lined with down. Collector, Capt. H. H. Bodfish. 
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