. A history of the game birds, wild fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states, including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . This birdlived several years, and several unsuccessful attempts weremade to cross it with a wild Canada Goose.^ There are fiveNew York records substantiated by specimens (Eaton). It is known as a Brant in some of our western States,
. A history of the game birds, wild fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states, including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . This birdlived several years, and several unsuccessful attempts weremade to cross it with a wild Canada Goose.^ There are fiveNew York records substantiated by specimens (Eaton). It is known as a Brant in some of our western States,where it is abundant in migration. Formerly it was commonas far east as the Ohio River, and specimens are likely tooccur in Massachusetts. The flight of the White-fronted Goose is similar to that ofthe Canada Goose. There is the same V-shaped formation,and at a distance it readily might be mistaken for that of theCanada Goose. Audubon says that in Kentucky this Goose feeds on beechnuts, acorns, grain, young blades of grass and snails. 1 Cabot, Samuel: Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 1851, Vol. Ill, p. , William: Auk, 1901, p. 135. 3 Allen, Glover M.: Auk, Jan., 1913, p. 22. 4 Fay, S. Prescott: Auk, 1911, p. 120. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 177 CANADA GOOSE {Branta canadensis canadensis).Common or local names: Wild Goose; Big Gray Goose; Length. — 35 to 43 inches. Adult. — Head and neck black; the white of throat extends up and back onsides of head; the body feathers with paler edges generally; back andwings brown; under parts ashy gray mainly; lower belly and under tailcoverts white; tail black, base white. Field Marks. — Black head and neck, with white cheek patches; great sizedistinctive. Notes. — Sonorous, varied honks. Nest. — Usually in marsh, rarely in trees. Eggs. — Five to nine, dull pale greenish or whitish, about by Season. — Common spring and fall migrant; rare in winter; a few recentlyhave summered; early March to late
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