. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA PISH AND GAME 419 some individuals are darker ventrally than the specimen figured. This form is ordinarily 25 to 29 inches in length but occasional individuals even exceed these measurements. Their weight varies from four to six pounds. The cackling goose is a smaller bird than the Hutchins goose and is almost a counterpart of the Ross goose in size and weight. Cackling geese weigh from 2} to 3| pounds and measure from 22 t
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA PISH AND GAME 419 some individuals are darker ventrally than the specimen figured. This form is ordinarily 25 to 29 inches in length but occasional individuals even exceed these measurements. Their weight varies from four to six pounds. The cackling goose is a smaller bird than the Hutchins goose and is almost a counterpart of the Ross goose in size and weight. Cackling geese weigh from 2} to 3| pounds and measure from 22 to 25 inches in length. They are generally marked like Canada and Hutchins geese, but average much darker in color ventrally. Adult cackling geese are deep gray- ish-cinnamon brown below, but young birds are lighter in color and some are as light as Hutchins geese on the under surface. The backs of old cackling geese are b 1 u i s h-g ray brown in color, rather than dark browm barred with lighter brown as in the Hutchins goose. Again this distinc- tion is not shared by juvenile birds and young cackling geese have almost as dark u]iper plumage as their larger rela- tives. The bill of the little brant is very short and averages but an inch and a quarter in length, while that of the Hutchins goose is usually over an inch and a half in length. :Most of these differences, except size, are impossible to dis- tinguish in life, particularly in flight. Fig. 120 shows typical adult males of the two subspecies, and illustrates their comparative sizes. Note that the lighter under surface of the Hutchins. goose commences abruptly behind the black neck, while the darker underparts of the cackling goose blend gradually into the black neck, behind the white collar. This white band around the base of the black neck is a variable feature inboth subspecies, and may or may not occur. The continuity of the M^hite cheek patches around the throat or their separation by a. Fig. 120. Adult male Hutchin
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