. 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, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . color. Length ; wing ; tail ; bill ; tarsus W. coast; abundant at mouth of Yukon ; wintering chiefly in S. Alaska and the AleutianIsland
. 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, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . color. Length ; wing ; tail ; bill ; tarsus W. coast; abundant at mouth of Yukon ; wintering chiefly in S. Alaska and the AleutianIslands, breeding N. to Behring Strait at least; also on the Siberian side. A remarkablespecies, unlike any other goose of our country; strictly maritime. Its flesh is rank, andscarcely fit for food. Eggs about 5, X , white, with fine pale brown dotting, giving ageneral pale dirty-brown color. 282. BERNICLA. (Latinized from English barnacle.) Barnacle Geese. Brant short, the nostrils at its middle. Laminae of bill not exposed, the commissure beingstraight. Head and neck black, with white spaces. Bill and feet black. Hind toe verysmall. Tail of 16-18 feathers. Sexes alike. Several species, of both Hemispheres. (The name■ barnacle commemorates the fable that these birds sprouted from the little cirripeds calledbarnacles; brent or brant is simply burnt goose, from the dark color, as if charred.). ANA TID^ — ANSERINE : GEESE. 687 , leucopsis C99 700701 702 Analysis of Species and Varieties. Forehead, cheeks,,and chin white. (European.) Forehead, cheeks, and chin black; white stripes on neck. Black of neck well defined against light lower parts brenta Black of neck extending over breast nigricans Forehead black; cheeks and chin white; no white stripes on normally 18-feathered. Large. No white collar in black of lower neck canadensis A white collar in black of lower neck occidentalis 702a Tail normally 16-feathered. Small. No white collar in black of lower
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