. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions : or, The swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America . e possessed by birds in the fall and winter,gradually disappearing in spring, and becoming obso-lete in summer. The habits of this subspecies do notdiffer from those of the Canada Goose, but its range ismuch more restricted. It does not appear to go northof Sitka, in Alaska, and was not seen around the Deltaof the Yukon or vicinity of St. Michaels by any of thenaturalists who have visited those districts. It is not im-probable that this form is often found associating wi
. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions : or, The swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America . e possessed by birds in the fall and winter,gradually disappearing in spring, and becoming obso-lete in summer. The habits of this subspecies do notdiffer from those of the Canada Goose, but its range ismuch more restricted. It does not appear to go northof Sitka, in Alaska, and was not seen around the Deltaof the Yukon or vicinity of St. Michaels by any of thenaturalists who have visited those districts. It is not im-probable that this form is often found associating withflocks of the Canada Goose, and individuals may havebeen killed in various parts of our country, but as itwould require an expert to distinguish them from thewell-known species, and even if the white neck ring wasnoticed, it would probably be deemed an accidentaloccurrence and of no consequence, few instances of itsappearance have been reported away from its usual lineof migration. iVt St. Michaels Island this bird is calledby the Russians the Lidenna Goose, the name given tothe Emperor Goose on the Aleutian WHITE-CHEEKED GOOSE. 73 BRANTA CANADENSIS OCCIDENTALIS. Geographical Distribution.—Yxo\\\ Sitka, Alaska, along thePacific coast to California. Acti(/t.—Head and neck, black, the former having a largewhite patch covering sides of head and throat, sometimes sep-arated by a black line on the throat, and extending upward toabove and behind the eye. Chin, black. At the base of theblack neck is a more or less distinct white collar. Back andwings, brown, lighter than in B. canadensis, with a grayishtinge, each feather tipped with white or brownish white. Pri-maries, black. Rump, black. Underparts, dark brownish gray,ending abruptly at the anal region, which, together with theupper and under tail coverts, is white. Tail, black. Bill andfeet, black. Tail feathers, iS-20. Total length, 33-36 inches;wing, i6|-i8; tail, about 6; tarsus, i^^\ culmen, i^. CACKLING GOOSE.
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