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. 
Group 5. Wing, 10 to 14 inches long. 
Section 1. Head, with more or less white, or grayish white; belly, black. 
page 77. 
Section 2 
2. No white on head; belly, black. 
Section 3. 
See page 77. 
See page 77. 
see 
See page 79. 
Head, with more or less white, or grayish white; belly, mottled brown, 
or grayish brown, or slaty. See page 79. 
Section 4. No white on head; belly, mottled brown, or grayish brown. See page 80. 
SUBFAMILY ANSERINZ. GEESE. 
LORES, FEATHERED; TARSUS, RETICULATE. 
GROUP 1. 
Wing, 12 to 14 inches long. 
GROUP 2. 
Wing, 14 to 20 inches long. 
Section 1. 
Head and neck, black or blackish, marked with more or less white; Dill 
and feet, black See page 81. 
Section 2. 
See page 81. 
See page 81. 
Head, white, sometimes tinged with brownish orange; bill and feet, pink 
or flesh color in life; yellowish or pale brownish in dried skin. See page 83. 
Section 3. Head, brownish or grayish, sometimes marked with white; bill, pinkish; 
feet, yellow or pink. See page 83. 
SUBFAMILY CYGNINA. SWANS. 
BARE SKIN BETWEEN THE BILL AND EYE; TARSUS, RETICULATE 5 
NECK, VERY 
See page 84. 
LONG; WING, OVER 19 INCHES LONG. 
