222 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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The Lesser Snow Goose (C/ien hyperboreus, Pallas) is a 

 very rare abnormal autumn migrant to the British Isles, 

 and inhabits the western portion of Arctic America and 

 North-Eastern Asia, migrating southward in winter. The 

 adult has the entire plumage white with the exception of 

 the primary coverts, which are grey; quills, black, grey at 

 the base; irides, hazel; bill, pale red; legs and feet. 



