. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 284 ANATIDiE, GEESE. GEN. 251. Al'o 0^ breast; 2 feet long; wing 13; tail 5; bill 1^; tarsus 2^. Hudson's Bay; Arctic and Atlantic (and Pacific?) Coast, S. in winter to Carolina or further; common. Wils., viii, 131, pi. 72, f. 1; Sw. and Eich., F. ii, 469; NuTT., ii, 359; AuD., vi, 203, pi. 379; Bd., 767 beenicla. Var. NIGRICANS. Blacli B
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 284 ANATIDiE, GEESE. GEN. 251. Al'o 0^ breast; 2 feet long; wing 13; tail 5; bill 1^; tarsus 2^. Hudson's Bay; Arctic and Atlantic (and Pacific?) Coast, S. in winter to Carolina or further; common. Wils., viii, 131, pi. 72, f. 1; Sw. and Eich., F. ii, 469; NuTT., ii, 359; AuD., vi, 203, pi. 379; Bd., 767 beenicla. Var. NIGRICANS. Blacli Brant. Similar ; black of jugulum extending over most of the under parts, gradually fading behind ; white neck patches usually larger and meeting in front. Both coasts ; very abundant on the Pacific ; not common on the Atlantic. Lawe., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1846, 171 ; Cass., 111. 52, pi. 10 ; Bd., 767. Canada Goose. Common Wild Goose. Tail normally 18-feathered. Grayish-brown, below paler or whitish-gray, bleaching on the crissum, all the feathers with lighter edges; head and neck black, with a broad white patch on the throat mouutiug each side of the head; tail black, with white upper coverts. About 36 ; wing 18-20 ; tail 6J-7J ; bill lf-2 ; tarsus usually over 3. N. Am., abundant; U. S. chiefly in winter, but also occasionally in summer, breeding sparingly. Sw. and Eicii., Fn. ii, 468; Nutt., ii, 349; AuD., vi, 178, pi. 376; Bd., 764 canadensis. Var. leucopareia. Black of neck bounded below by a -white jugular collar; under parts rather darker than is usual in the Canada goose, well defined against the white of the jugulum and crissum. Size of the last; tail feathers 18. Cass., 111. 272, pi. 45 ; Bd., 765. B. occidentalis Bd., 766 (in text), '-(j- Var. HDTCiiiNsii. Tail usually 16-fcathered. Colors exactly as in the Canada goose, but size less. About 2i feet long; wing 15-17; tail 5-6; bill 1^-1| ; tarsus rather under 3. ISf. Am., but chiefly northern and western. Sw. and Ric
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