. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. ANA TID^ â ANSERINE: GEESE. 687 . canadensis 702 occidentalis 702a . hutchinsi 704 leticoparia 703 Analysis of Species and Varieties. Forehead, cheeks, and chin white.
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. ANA TID^ â ANSERINE: GEESE. 687 . canadensis 702 occidentalis 702a . hutchinsi 704 leticoparia 703 Analysis of Species and Varieties. Forehead, cheeks, and chin white. (European.) leucopsis 699 Forehead, cheeks, and chin black; white stripes on neck. Black ofneck well defined against light lower parts . â brenia 700 Blackof neck extending over breast ... nigricans 701 Forehead black; cheeks and chin white; no white stripes on neck. Tail normally 18-feathered. Large. No white collar in black of lower neck A white collar in black of lower neck Tail normally 16-feathered. Small. â No white collar in black of lower neck , A white collar in black of lower neck 699. B. leucop'sis. (Gr. XevKos, leucos, white; o^k, opsis, appearance: the face white.) BARNACiiE Goose. Tail normally of 16,feathers. Bill, feet, and claws black. Iris brown. Front and sides of head and chin white, with a dark line at base of bill, and thence to eye. Rest of head and neck all around black, prolonged on the back and wings, the feathers of the latter bluish, gray at base and edged at end with whit- ish; rump and tail black. Upper and under tail- coverts, sides of rump, belly, and hind breast, white or whitish, the sides shaded with gray. Quills dusky, blackening at ends, tinged on the exposed surfaces with ashy. Sexes similar; 9 duller colored and smaller than ^. Length of $ ; extent wing ; tail bill ; tarsus middle toe and claw the ' same. Europe; very rare and casual in N. Am. ex- cepting Greenland, where regular. (Hudson's Bay, Am. Nat.,
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