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Variation of Birds in a State of Nature by Frank Russell, 1892, Page 43

Branta canadensis.

[table]
[column 1]
No.
----------
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276

[column 2]
Locality.
----------
Wood River, Neb.
Wood River, Neb.
Wood River, Neb.
Wood River, Neb.
Wood River, Neb.
Wood River, Neb.
Wood River, Neb.
Wood River, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Whiting, Ia. 
Whiting, Ia. 
Elm Creek, Neb.
- 
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Kearney, Neb. 
Wolf Creek Slough, [SD?]
- , Neb. 
Wood River, Neb. 
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Elm Creek, Neb.
Gibbon, Neb. 
Wood River, Neb. 
Wood River, Neb. 
Sloane, Ia. 
- 
Wood River, Neb. 
Wood River, Neb. 
Elm Creek, Neb.
- 
Elm Creek, Neb.
- 

[column 3]
Date.
----------
Apr. 4th, 1885
Nov. 15th, 1884
- 
Nov. 15th, 1884
Nov. 2nd, 1884
Apr. 3rd, 1884
Apr. 1st, 1885
Oct. 25th, 1884
Nov. 6th, 1884
- 
Apr. 6th, 1886 
Nov. 10th, 1884
- 
Nov. 5th, 1884
Nov. - , 1884
Nov. 5th, 1884
Nov. 8th, 1884
Spring - , 1885
Apr. 5th, 1883
Nov. - , 1884
Spring - , 1885
Nov. 4th, 1884
Mch. 27th, 1885
Oct. 1st, 1884
Nov. 7th, 1884
Nov. 8th, 1884
- , 1884 
Nov. 5th, 1884
Nov. 6th, 1884
Nov. 11th, 1884
Nov. 9th, 1884
Nov. 12th, 1884
- , 1884 
Fall, 1884 
Apr. 2nd, 1885 
Nov. 9th, 1884 
Oct. 27th, 1884 
Apr. 24th, 1884 
- 
Oct. - , 1884 
Dec. 11th, 1884 
Nov. 8th, 1884
Nov. 10th, 1884
- 
Nov. 4th, 1884
Nov. 22nd, 1884

[column 4]
Sex.
----------
male
female
- 
male
female
female
male
male
male
female
male
male
- 
- 
male
- 
male
- 
female
male
- 
- 
female
male
female
male
female
- 
- 
male
female
female
- 
female
- 
female
female
male
female
female
female
male
- 
- 
male
male

[column 5]
Weight.
----------
6.*
- 
5.
7.
5.5
4.5
4.5
4.1
6.1
3.5
3.5
4.75
- 
4.25
5.
3.25
6.
5.75
- 
8.75
- 
4.25
6.
5.3
5.25
5.25
8.
5.
4.5
5.25
5.5
5.
6.
5.
5.
5.6
7.75
-
6.
4.
- 
6. 
5.5
5.
4.5
- 

[column 6]
Length.
----------
32.
30.
30.
34.
27.
28.
29.
26.
29.
27.
25.
29.
- 
26.25
27.5
25.
29.
31.
- 
36.
31.5
27.
- 
30.
- 
- 
32.
28.
- 
27.25
28.
29.
27.
34.
28.25
33.75
29.
- 
- 
26.
30.
30.
- 
50 
28.
- 

[column 7]
Extent.
----------
62.5
60.
59.
66.25
57.
56.5
58.5
51.5
58.
52.
52.
53.
- 
53.
- 
48.
58.
58.
- 
69.
60.
53.
57.5
60.
64.5
55.
64.
42.
59.
54.5
58.
58.
-
54
63
57.
57.
- 
- 
- 
52. 
60. 
60.5
60. 
56. 
56. 

[column 8]
Culmen Length.
----------
2.
1.6
1.8
1.9
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.8
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.5
1.6
1.4
1.5
1.8
1.5
1.4
1.8
1.6
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.6
1.9
1.5
1.5
1.11
1.6
1.8
1.7
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.5
1.6
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.9
1.7
1.6
1.3

[column 9]
Culmen Width
----------
1.
.8
.8
.9
.8
.7
.9
.8
1.
.8
.8
.9
.8
.7
.8
.7
.9
.8
.8
1.
1.
.8
.9
.9
.9
.8
1.
.7
.6
.8
.9
.9
.8
.8
1.
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.9
.8
.9
.9
.8
.8

[column 10]
Wing.
----------
16.5
16.
16.
17.2
14.
16.
16.75
15.
16.
15.5
15.25
16.5
14.5
14.
15.
13.5
17.
17.
14.
18.
16.5
14.5
16.
16.
15.5
15.
17.25
15.
15.
15.
15.
15.
14.
15.
18.5
15.5
17.
15
16.
15.
16.25
15.
16.1
17.5
16.
14.5

[column 11]
Tail.
----------
4.8
5.5
4.5
5.5
4.2
4.7
5.3
4.3
4.9
4.8
4.7
5.1
5.3
4.4
4.5
3.6
5.2
5.
4.7
5.9
5.4
4.4
5.
5.4
5.
5.
5.5
4.5
4.6
4.8
5.3
4.6
5.
5.3
5.5
4.8
4.8
4.7
4.9
4.7
5.2
- 
5. 
5.2
4.6
4.4

[column 12]
Tarsus.
----------
3.3
3.1
3.
3.4
2.8
2.9
3.
2.9
3.
2.8
2.7
3.
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.6
3.2
2.4
2.8
3.5
3.3
2.9
2.9
2.9
2.8
3.
3.2
2.9
2.9
3.
2.9
3.
2.9
3.1
[3.3?]
2.9
3.3
2.5
3.
2.8
3.
3.1
2.9
5.
3.1
2.7

[column 13]
Middle Toe.
----------
3.4
3.
2.8
3.5
2.7
2.8
2.8
2.7
3.2
2.4
2.5
2.7
2.7
2.6
2.7
2.5
3.2
2.9
2.6
3.2
3.2
2.6
2.9
2.9
2.8
2.8
3.3
2.7
2.7
2.8
2.8
[2.8?]
3.5
2.8
3.4
2.7
3.
2.7
2.8
3.3
3.
3.
3.
2.6

[column 14]
Hind Toe.
----------
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.6
0.9
0.9
0.7
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.4
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.6
1.
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.7

[column 15]
Cheek Patch
[1st]
----------
2.
1.6
2.8
2.5
1.8
1.3
2.1
1.7
2.1
2.
1.5
2.6
2.2
1.8
2.
2.5
1.7
2.
1.6
3.5
2.
1.6
2.3
2.
1.9
2.4
2.1
1.8
2.3
1.6
2.2
2.4
2.4
1.9
2.7
[0.8?]
2.5
2.2
2.4
1.6
2.
1.8
1.8
[2.4?]
2.
2.3

[column 16]
Cheek Patch
[2nd]
----------
.9
.8
1.1
1.
.8
.5
1.2
.9
.9
1.
.9
1.
1.2
.9
.9
1.
1.
.8
.7
1.
1.2
.7
1.
1.1
.8
.8
1.2
.9
1.
.8
.8
1.
.8
.9
1.1
1.1
1.
.7
.9
.8
.9
.8
1.
.9
1.
1.

[column 17]
Cheek Patch
[3rd]
----------
n.
d.
n.
n.
d.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
d.
n.
d.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
d.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
d.
n.
n.
n.
d.
d.
n.
n.
n.
d.
n.
n.
n.
n.
d.
d.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.

[column 18]
Remarks
----------
[blank column?]

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Branta canadensis. [table] [column 1] No. ---------- 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 [column 2] Locality. ---------- Wood River, Neb. Wood River, Neb. Wood River, Neb. Wood River, Neb. Wood River, Neb. Wood River, Neb. Wood River, Neb. Wood River, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Whiting, Ia. Whiting, Ia. Elm Creek, Neb. - Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Kearney, Neb. Wolf Creek Slough, [SD?] - , Neb. Wood River, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. Gibbon, Neb. Wood River, Neb. Wood River, Neb. Sloane, Ia. - Wood River, Neb. Wood River, Neb. Elm Creek, Neb. - Elm Creek, Neb. - [column 3] Date. ---------- Apr. 4th, 1885 Nov. 15th, 1884 - Nov. 15th, 1884 Nov. 2nd, 1884 Apr. 3rd, 1884 Apr. 1st, 1885 Oct. 25th, 1884 Nov. 6th, 1884 - Apr. 6th, 1886 Nov. 10th, 1884 - Nov. 5th, 1884 Nov. - , 1884 Nov. 5th, 1884 Nov. 8th, 1884 Spring - , 1885 Apr. 5th, 1883 Nov. - , 1884 Spring - , 1885 Nov. 4th, 1884 Mch. 27th, 1885 Oct. 1st, 1884 Nov. 7th, 1884 Nov. 8th, 1884 - , 1884 Nov. 5th, 1884 Nov. 6th, 1884 Nov. 11th, 1884 Nov. 9th, 1884 Nov. 12th, 1884 - , 1884 Fall, 1884 Apr. 2nd, 1885 Nov. 9th, 1884 Oct. 27th, 1884 Apr. 24th, 1884 - Oct. - , 1884 Dec. 11th, 1884 Nov. 8th, 1884 Nov. 10th, 1884 - Nov. 4th, 1884 Nov. 22nd, 1884 [column 4] Sex. ---------- male female - male female female male male male female male male - - male - male - female male - - female male female male female - - male female female - female - female female male female female female male - - male male [column 5] Weight. ---------- 6.* - 5. 7. 5.5 4.5 4.5 4.1 6.1 3.5 3.5 4.75 - 4.25 5. 3.25 6. 5.75 - 8.75 - 4.25 6. 5.3 5.25 5.25 8. 5. 4.5 5.25 5.5 5. 6. 5. 5. 5.6 7.75 - 6. 4. - 6. 5.5 5. 4.5 - [column 6] Length. ---------- 32. 30. 30. 34. 27. 28. 29. 26. 29. 27. 25. 29. - 26.25 27.5 25. 29. 31. - 36. 31.5 27. - 30. - - 32. 28. - 27.25 28. 29. 27. 34. 28.25 33.75 29. - - 26. 30. 30. - 50 28. - [column 7] Extent. ---------- 62.5 60. 59. 66.25 57. 56.5 58.5 51.5 58. 52. 52. 53. - 53. - 48. 58. 58. - 69. 60. 53. 57.5 60. 64.5 55. 64. 42. 59. 54.5 58. 58. - 54 63 57. 57. - - - 52. 60. 60.5 60. 56. 56. [column 8] Culmen Length. ---------- 2. 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.11 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.3 [column 9] Culmen Width ---------- 1. .8 .8 .9 .8 .7 .9 .8 1. .8 .8 .9 .8 .7 .8 .7 .9 .8 .8 1. 1. .8 .9 .9 .9 .8 1. .7 .6 .8 .9 .9 .8 .8 1. .9 .9 .9 .9 .9 .9 .8 .9 .9 .8 .8 [column 10] Wing. ---------- 16.5 16. 16. 17.2 14. 16. 16.75 15. 16. 15.5 15.25 16.5 14.5 14. 15. 13.5 17. 17. 14. 18. 16.5 14.5 16. 16. 15.5 15. 17.25 15. 15. 15. 15. 15. 14. 15. 18.5 15.5 17. 15 16. 15. 16.25 15. 16.1 17.5 16. 14.5 [column 11] Tail. ---------- 4.8 5.5 4.5 5.5 4.2 4.7 5.3 4.3 4.9 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.3 4.4 4.5 3.6 5.2 5. 4.7 5.9 5.4 4.4 5. 5.4 5. 5. 5.5 4.5 4.6 4.8 5.3 4.6 5. 5.3 5.5 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.7 5.2 - 5. 5.2 4.6 4.4 [column 12] Tarsus. ---------- 3.3 3.1 3. 3.4 2.8 2.9 3. 2.9 3. 2.8 2.7 3. 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 3.2 2.4 2.8 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 3. 3.2 2.9 2.9 3. 2.9 3. 2.9 3.1 [3.3?] 2.9 3.3 2.5 3. 2.8 3. 3.1 2.9 5. 3.1 2.7 [column 13] Middle Toe. ---------- 3.4 3. 2.8 3.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.5 3.2 2.9 2.6 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 [2.8?] 3.5 2.8 3.4 2.7 3. 2.7 2.8 3.3 3. 3. 3. 2.6 [column 14] Hind Toe. ---------- 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 1. 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 [column 15] Cheek Patch [1st] ---------- 2. 1.6 2.8 2.5 1.8 1.3 2.1 1.7 2.1 2. 1.5 2.6 2.2 1.8 2. 2.5 1.7 2. 1.6 3.5 2. 1.6 2.3 2. 1.9 2.4 2.1 1.8 2.3 1.6 2.2 2.4 2.4 1.9 2.7 [0.8?] 2.5 2.2 2.4 1.6 2. 1.8 1.8 [2.4?] 2. 2.3 [column 16] Cheek Patch [2nd] ---------- .9 .8 1.1 1. .8 .5 1.2 .9 .9 1. .9 1. 1.2 .9 .9 1. 1. .8 .7 1. 1.2 .7 1. 1.1 .8 .8 1.2 .9 1. .8 .8 1. .8 .9 1.1 1.1 1. .7 .9 .8 .9 .8 1. .9 1. 1. [column 17] Cheek Patch [3rd] ---------- n. d. n. n. d. n. n. n. n. n. d. n. d. n. n. n. n. n. d. n. n. n. n. n. d. n. n. n. d. d. n. n. n. d. n. n. n. n. d. d. n. n. n. n. n. n. [column 18] Remarks ---------- [blank column?] [/table]