. . enerally plentiful. Dr. Brewer says that it was abun-dant in Massachusetts in the winter of 1836-37. He states also,in the Water Birds of North America, that at some seasons ithas been found not uncommon in the neighborhood of Boston,and that numbers have been brought to market from CapeCod. As it is so similar to the Canada Goose, and associateswith it, it is no doubt usually regarded as merely a smallspecimen of that species. Some eastern gunners distinguishbetween the long-necked Geese and the short-neckedGeese. Rich states th
. . enerally plentiful. Dr. Brewer says that it was abun-dant in Massachusetts in the winter of 1836-37. He states also,in the Water Birds of North America, that at some seasons ithas been found not uncommon in the neighborhood of Boston,and that numbers have been brought to market from CapeCod. As it is so similar to the Canada Goose, and associateswith it, it is no doubt usually regarded as merely a smallspecimen of that species. Some eastern gunners distinguishbetween the long-necked Geese and the short-neckedGeese. Rich states that he examined four of these short-necked Geese, of which three were undoubtedly HutchinssGeese. ^ Howe and Allen do not include it in their list ofMassachusetts birds. It is included here only to call attentionto the fact that it probably once occurred here, and as it isfound in nearby States our gunners may find it here. 1 Rich, Walter E.: Feathered Game of the Northeast, 1907, p. 270. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 183 BRANT {Branta bernicla glaucogastra).. Length. — 23 to 26 inches. Adult. — Head, neck and a little of fore part of body black; streaks ofwliite in a small patch on the side of upper neck; back and wings brown;breast and flanks light ashy gray or brownish gray; belly white backof legs; tail black; upper tail coverts white; bill, feet and claws black;iris brown. Field Marks. — Very small for a Goose; sooty black on head and neck,with small but conspicuous white patch on neck which can be seen ata distance with a glass. It flies in a more compact bodj than the Can-ada Goose or in irregular formation, with seemingly no chosen leader. Notes. — A guttural car-r-rup or r-r-r-ronk (Elliot). Ruk-ruk (Hapgood). Season. — Abundant locally off the coast in migration, elsewhere rare oruncommon; March to early May, sometimes later; early Septemberto early December. Some remain south of Cape Cod in winter, alsooff Long Island, N. Y. 184 GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND S
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