. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . y Mr. J. K. Kendall, as recorded by (Bull. Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 18 and note). BRANT GOOSE. BeRNICLA BRENTA {Pall.) Stepk. Chars. Head, neck, body anteriorly, quills and tail, black ; a smallpatch of white streaks on the middle of the neck, and usuallywhite touches on the under eyelid and chin ; upper tail-covertswhite ; back brownish-gray ; under parts the same, but paler, andfading into white on the lower belly and crissum ; black ofjugulum well-defined against the color of the breast. Length, ; wing, 1
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . y Mr. J. K. Kendall, as recorded by (Bull. Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 18 and note). BRANT GOOSE. BeRNICLA BRENTA {Pall.) Stepk. Chars. Head, neck, body anteriorly, quills and tail, black ; a smallpatch of white streaks on the middle of the neck, and usuallywhite touches on the under eyelid and chin ; upper tail-covertswhite ; back brownish-gray ; under parts the same, but paler, andfading into white on the lower belly and crissum ; black ofjugulum well-defined against the color of the breast. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, ; tarsus, A spring and fall migrant, and to some extent awinter resident, though not so common at that seasonas during the migrations, as the greater number ofindividuals proceed further south. It leaves in April,and does not breed with us. Brant Geese are chiefly 302 ANATID^ : SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS. seen coastwise, being essentially salt-water birds ; stillthey occur inland anywhere, though the fact has beenrepeatedly Fig. 62. — Brant Goose. BLACK BRANT brenta NIGRICANS {Law}.) Cones. Chars. Similar to the last ; black of jugiilum extending over mostof the under parts, gradually fading behind ; white neck patchesusually larger and meeting in front. This variety of Brant is chiefly a bird of WesternAmerica, but also occurs along the Atlantic seaboard,and has even been taken in New England. Dr. Brewergives a case, on the authority of Mr. H. W. Henshaw BERNICLA CANADENSIS : COMMON WILD GOOSE. 303 (Pr. Bost. Soc, xvii, 1875, p. 447), and Allen connotesthe occurrence of Black Brant with the preceding species(Bull. Essex Inst., x, 187S, p. 26). COMMON WILD GOOSE; CANADA canadensis (Z.) Boie. Chars. Tail normally i8-feathered. Grayish-brown, below p!aleror whitish-gray, bleaching on the crissum, all the feathers withlighter edges : head and neck black, with a broad white patch onthe throat mounting each s
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