. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions : or, The swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America ... . egularly visits. It has alsobeen obtained in Nova Scotia and in Currituck Sound,North Carolina, that former paradise for Water Island, also at one time a famous resort for allkinds of game, has yielded up one specimen. It wouldbe diiBcult to name any species of bird that had evervisited the Atlantic seaboard an example of which had notat some time been procured on Long Island. This Gooseis very abundant in various parts of the Old World,and resembles in its
. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions : or, The swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America ... . egularly visits. It has alsobeen obtained in Nova Scotia and in Currituck Sound,North Carolina, that former paradise for Water Island, also at one time a famous resort for allkinds of game, has yielded up one specimen. It wouldbe diiBcult to name any species of bird that had evervisited the Atlantic seaboard an example of which had notat some time been procured on Long Island. This Gooseis very abundant in various parts of the Old World,and resembles in its habits those of the Brant Geese ofour own land. It feeds on grasses and plants, and canbe readily domesticated and becomes as tame as the ordi-nary farmyard Goose. It is supposed to breed in Siberia,on the Tundras or barren grounds, and on the shores ofthe White Sea. It visits the Faroe Islands, Iceland, andSpitzbergen, and in its migrations is also found in theBritish Islands and many parts of the Continent. It is a handsomer bird than the other allied species ofGeese, and is about the of the llrant. This species78. BARNACLE GOOSE. 79 passes much of its time on land, feeding on grass androots, and it keeps up a constant gabbling both whenoccupied in feeding and also when on the wing, and isaltogether a noisy bird. The eggs are said to be a uni-form yellowish cream color. As is the case with ourown Brant Geese, little is known about this birds breed-ing habits or the localities it frequents at that is called, sometimes, Bar Goose. B-RANTA LEUCOPSIS. Geographical Distributio)i.—Northern parts of Eastern Hem-isphere. Accidental in eastern North America. Adult.—Head, nearly white; the lores, occiput, neck, andbreast, black. Wings and back, bluish gray, feathers, with sub-terminal black bar, followed by one of white. Feathers of flanks,brownish gray, with white tips. Under parts, grayish and feet, black. Iris, dark brown. Average total length,25 inch
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