BIRDS OF NOVA SCOTIA—DOWNS. 177 
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Special List, giving the Species known to breed in Nova Scotia. 
(The numbers refer to the previous Catalogue.) 
4, 7, 10, 21, 22, 26, 27, 32, 36, 37, 38(?), 40, 41, 44, 52, 56, 64, 
Gan 16, 87 (2), 89, 90, 102, 104, 111, LIS, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 
120, 124, 127, 128, 129, 132, 134, 185, 188, 139, 140, 141, 142, 
143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 
HogetooseLo0.161) 162; 163/166, 169, 173, 174, 175, 178; 181, 
183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 190, 194 (?), 195, 196, 197, 198, 200, 
202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 
218,219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 225, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 
233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240. 
Other species probably breed occasionally, but are not known 
to do so. 
NOTE 2. 
Chen hyperborea (70). Lesser Snow Goose. Through the 
kindness of the present possessor of these birds, we are enabled 
to give the following description, which will enable others to 
decide for themselves as to its specific identity :-— 
Deseription :—Bill much higher than broad at base and rising high on 
the forehead and towards the eve; tip consisting of a large convex de- 
curved nail; sides with deep longitudinal furrows, in one of which is 
situated the nasal aperture. Lower edge of upper mandible much 
arched; the teeth showing prominently without the edge of the lower 
mandible. Tarsus much longer than bill; tip of hind toe reaching to 
the ground. Wings long; reaching to about the end of the tail. Tail 
rounded, of sixteen (?) feathers. 
Colour :—Bill, dark blackish brown; nail lighter. Iris dark. Legs brown. 
Head and upper part of neck white, with a dusky reddish stripe passing 
from the bill through the eye and meeting on tlie nape a like-coloured, 
but broader, stripe, which proceeds from the crown, and, becoming more 
narrow, passes down the back of the neck to the shoulders. Lower part 
of neck and sides of body ashy. Back and greater part of wing coverts 
dark ash (darker in male) each feather with a lighter margin. Prinia- 
ries black at the ends; shafts whitish to within a short distance of the 
