Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brand goose \Brand" goose`\ [Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf.
   Sw. brandg[*a]s. Cf. {Brant}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla}) usually called in
   America {brant}. See {Brant}.