GREATER SNOW GOOSE. 



WAVEY. WHITE BRAXT. 



Chen hyperborea nivalis. 



Char. Plumage white ; head washed with rufous; wing-coverts and 

 wings ashy gray, the latter shading to black at the ends; bill and feet 

 purplish red. Length about 33 inches. 



In young birds the upper parts are pale gray, the feathers of the back 

 edged with white ; rump and under parts white. 



A'est. Usually on the marshy margin of a lake or stream, — a loosely 

 made structure of coarse herbage and twigs lined with grass and feathers. 



Eggs. Unknown. 



The Snow Goose, common to the north of both continents, 

 breeds, according to Richardson, in the Barren Grounds of 

 Arctic America in great numbers, frequenting the sandy shores 

 of rivers and lakes. These birds are very watchful, employing 



