60 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Section 2. Belly, white, sometimes tinged on lower part with gray or dusky ; no 



white or grayish white on head. See page 74. 

 Section 3. Belly, not white; head, marked with more or less white, or grayish 



white. See page 76. 

 Section 4. Belly, not white ; no white on head. See page 77. 

 Group 5. Wing, lO to 14 inches long. See page 77. 



Section 1. Head, with more or less white, or grayish white; belly, black. See 



page 77. 

 Section 2. No white on head ; belly, black. See page 79. 

 Section 3. Head, with more or less wliite, or grayish white; l)plly, mottled brown, 



or grayish brown, or slaty. See page 79. 

 Section 4. No white on hotid; belly, mottled brown, or grayish lirown. Seepage 80. 



SUBFAMILY ANSERIN.E. GEESE. 



Lores, featiikued ; tarsus, reticulate. 



Group 1. Wing, 12 to 14 inches long. See p.age 81. 

 Group 2. Wing, 14 to 20 inches long. Sec page 81. 



Section 1. Head and neck, black or blackish, marked with more or less white; bill 



and feet, black See page 81. 

 Section 2. Head, white, sometimes tinged with brownish orange; bill and feet, pink 



or flesh color in life; yellowish or pale brownish in drieil skin. See page 83. 

 Section 3. Head, brownish or grayish, sometimes marl^ed witii white; bill, pinkish; 

 feet, yellow or pink. See page 83. 



SUBFAMILY CYGNIN^. SWANS. 



Bare skin between the bill and eye; tarsus, reticulate; neck, very 

 long; wing, over 19 inches long. .See page 84. 



