. 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 . nd. Range. — Western North America. Breeds on arctic coast and islandsfrom Point Barrow near mouth of Anderson River north to MelvilleIsland; common on Siberian coast; winters on Pacific coast from Brit-ish Columbia to Lower Califor
. 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 . nd. Range. — Western North America. Breeds on arctic coast and islandsfrom Point Barrow near mouth of Anderson River north to MelvilleIsland; common on Siberian coast; winters on Pacific coast from Brit-ish Columbia to Lower California; in interior to Nevada and on Asiaticcoast to Japan; recorded as a straggler to Massachusetts, New Yorkand New Jersey. Black Brant is a Pacific coast species which breedson the coast of northeastern Siberia, northern Alaska andin the western part of the North American arctic archipel-ago, and migrates south in vast numbers along the Pacificcoast. It is accidental here. There are two jVIassachusettsrecords. One bird was taken at Chatham in the spring of 1883.^A Black Brant was taken at Chatham on April 15, 190^, InMr. W. A. Carej. This one was of a flock of seven.^ Thereare three New York records (Eaton). The eastern Brant issometimes erroneously called the Black Brant. 1 Cory, C. B.: Auk, 1S84, p. 96. 2 Fay, S. Prescott: Auk, 1910, p. PLATE VI. —BARNACLE GOOSE. From a photograph by W. E. Freeman, made from his painting of the onlyspecimen recorded from Massachusetts. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 193 BARNACLE GOOSE {Branta leucopsis). Length. — About 28 inches. Adult Female. — Front and sides of head, chin and throat white; darkHne from base of bill running back to eye; rest of head and neck black,the black extending on upper back and fore breast; shoulders andwing coverts gray, feathers tipped with black and white; rump andtail black; upper and under tail coverts, sides of rump, belly and lowerbreast white or whitish, the flanks shaded with gray
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