. American duck shooting. Duck shooting; Ducks. BARNACLE GOOSE. Branta leucopsis (Bechst.)'. Another species of this group is the barnacle goose {Branta leucopsis), which is entitled to mention here only to complete the list of our wildfowl. It is a strag- gler from Europe, where it is very common. No doubt it regularly occurs in Greenland. A specimen has been taken near Rupert House, at the southern end of Hud- son's Bay, and others in Nova Scotia, on Long Island and in Currituck Sound, in North Carolina. It is not a bird likely to be met with by the sportsmen, and yet, if met with it should
. American duck shooting. Duck shooting; Ducks. BARNACLE GOOSE. Branta leucopsis (Bechst.)'. Another species of this group is the barnacle goose {Branta leucopsis), which is entitled to mention here only to complete the list of our wildfowl. It is a strag- gler from Europe, where it is very common. No doubt it regularly occurs in Greenland. A specimen has been taken near Rupert House, at the southern end of Hud- son's Bay, and others in Nova Scotia, on Long Island and in Currituck Sound, in North Carolina. It is not a bird likely to be met with by the sportsmen, and yet, if met with it should at once be reported, since every in- stance of its capture is of interest. It is a small bird, only a little larger than a brant, and may be known by 65. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. New York, Forest and stream pub. co
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