THE LESSER SNOW GOOSE 
1 The food which they select in these localities gives then flesh a str ng 
> lg flavor which causes them to be but little esteemed These birds 
iften cover so densely with their masses the plains in the vicinity of the 
marshes as lo Live the ground the appearance ot being clothed with snow 
Easily approached on horseback, the natives sometimes near them in this 
inner, then suddenly putting spurs to their animals gallop into the flock, 
hem beneath 
striking to the ind left with short clubs and trampling 
their horses leet I have known a native to procure se enteen birds in a 
single charge of this kind thru a flock covering several acres.”’ 
f the White Brant in Washington. Breeding, as they do, with 
ol abundance oO 
he high North in immense numbers t 
in the Arctic Circle. thev vet forsake 
winter in southern California and the southwestern interior 
f in the fall, and they winter on 
Nerants, ¢ specially 
rore, not uncommon nig 
Sound ina very desultory fashion. During the severe winter of 1906-7 con 
bers were reported from the upper Sound, but they were gon 
siderable nun l 
vain by the middle of Februar Phe, also winter to some extent in the 
wheat country adjacent to the Columbia River, and are not uncommon there 
ibouts during migrations, in November and again in March and April 
oOnow Geese dispense shrill falsetto cries as they fly about in companies 
oT the WwW | Vl else ning le ar ibly with othe species [1 Newberry 
’ ] re] . ; " = ‘ 
i ‘ is otten see i tnangle ot Gees Ving stead Men erheat 
‘ nosed of T duals of three species [Chen hypi ca, Branta cana 
, 1; ! ] ” eacl pl nlv distinguishable by 
ts p e. but ea | s place the geomet il figure as tho it was 
, j j p ot 
Dose entire 1 geneous mate perhaps an et il nu eT i r 
( rec it t er ! ri e pure WV te gees fl ¢ eetiie 
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