THE BIRD BOOK 
[ 175 .] Barnacle Goose. Branta leucopsis. 
This Old World species occurs frequently in 
Greenland and very rarely is found on the main- 
land of this continent. 
Barnacle Goose 
Emperor Goose 
17 6. Emperor Goose. Philacte canagica. 
Range. — Alaska, south in winter casually to Cal- 
ifornia. 
This handsome species is twenty-six inches in 
length; it may be known from the mottled or 
“scaly” appearance of the body, and the white 
head with a black chin and throat. While not un- 
common in restricted localities, this may be con- 
sidered as one of the most rare of North American 
Geese. Their nests are built upon the ground 
and do not differ from those of other geese. They 
lay from three to seven eggs of a dull buff color. 
Size 3.10 x 2.15. Data. — Stuart Island, Alaska, 
June 16, 1900. Six eggs laid in a slight hollow in 
the ground, lined with a few feathers and some 
down. Collector, Capt. H. H. Bodfish. 
Egg of Canada Goose — Buffy drab 
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