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was taken, was shot on the Delaware, helow Phila- 
delphia, on the 15th of February, and on dissection 
proved to be a male ; the windpipe had no labyrinth, 
but, for an inch or two before its divarication into 
the lungs, was inflexible, not extensile like the rest, 
and rather wider in diameter. The gullet had an 
expansion before entering the stomach, which last was 
remarkably strong, the two great grinding muscles 
being nearly five inches in diameter. The stomach was 
filled with fragments of the roots of reeds and fine sand. 
The intestines measured eight feet in length, and were 
not remarkably thick. The liver was small. For the 
young and female of this species, see next article. 
Latham observes that this species is very numerous 
at Hudson’s Bay, that they visit Severn River in May, 
and stay a fortnight, but go farther north to breed ; 
they return to Severn Fort the beginning of September, 
and stay till the middle of October, when they depart 
for the south, and are observed to be attended by their 
young in flocks innumerable. They seem to occupy 
also the western side of America, as they were seen at 
Aoonalashka* as well as at Kamtschatka.'j' White 
brant, wfith black tips to their wings, were also shot by 
Captains Lewis and Clark’s exploring party, near the 
mouth of the Columbia River, which were probably 
the same as the present species. J Mr Pennant says, 
“ they are taken by the Siberians in nets, under which 
they are decoyed by a person covered wdth a white 
skin, and crawling on all-fours ; when others driving 
them, these stupid birds mistaking him for their leader, 
follow him, when they are entangled in the nets, or 
led into a kind of pond made for the purpose ! ” We 
might here w r ith propriety add — This wants confir- 
mation !. 
* Ellis’s Narrative. f History of Kamtschatka. 
$ Gass’s Journal , p. 161 . 
