078 BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPPLEMENT. : 
nga Bill greenish-gray changing to yellow on tip and along tomia; eyelids red; irides 
rown; feet black. Immature: “Front and sides of head dusky gray; upper part of 
all round, irregularly spotted with the same. Scapulars and upper and under wing-coverts, 
with brown and black spots, most numerous along lesser coverts. Tips of primaries and 
tail-feathers with dusky spots” (Coues). Length of adult 16.00-19.00; wing 13.75; bill 1.40, 
depth at nostril .45; tarsus 1.45. 
General Range.—Polar seas, south casually in winter to northern United States. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—A fine adult of this species was taken at Penticton 
by Mr. J. T. Studley on October, 1897. No cold or stormy weather had occurred to account 
for the appearance of this Arctic Gull so far from its habitat. Another specimen was taken 
at Dease Lake, Cassiar, by James Porter, Esq., in September, 1899. 
B,C. & Hi. No. 232. 
EUROPEAN WIDGEON. 
A. O. U. No. 136. Mareca penelope (Linn.). 
Description.—Adult male: Similar to that of M. americana (q. v. p. 770) but top of 
head buffy or creamy buffy instead of white,—green wanting or showing only in traces; 
throat blackish; red of head and neck rufous-brown. Adult female: Similar to that of 
M. americana but head and neck deeper ochraceous-buff or rusty. Size of americana. 
General Range.— Northern parts of the Old World and Greenland. In North America 
breeds on the Aleutians and wanders south, irregularly to California, less commonly along 
the Atlantic sea-board and in the eastern interior. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—‘Rare. Two specimens, one taken near Victoria 
February, 1899, and another near Saanich” (Kermode). 
Occurrence in Washington.—There are a number of Oregon records and the bird 
undoubtedly occurs on Puget Sound. probably with some degree of regularity, in winter and 
on migrations. 
B. C. & H. No. 24. 
ROSS'S SNOW GOOSE. 
A. O. U. No. 170. Chen rossii Cassin. 
Description.—Coloration exactly as in C. hyperboreus (q. v. p. 821). “Bill small, out- 
line of feathers on side of upper mandible nearly straight instead of strongly convex, studded 
at base with numerous papillae, and much less exposure of teeth in a blackish recess than 
in anv of the other species.” Length about 21.00; wing 14.50; tail 5.00; bill 1.50; tarsus 2.50. 
General Range.—Arctic America, in the interior; south in winter through western 
United States to southern California. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—Rather rare but several records from widely separ- 
ated localities. 
Occurrence in Washington.—A moral certainty, since not uncommon in winter in 
California. Sportsmen should be on the lookout for a white Goose no bigger than a Mallard. 
B. C. & H. No. 25. 
EMPEROR GOOSE. 
A. O. U. No. 176. Philacte canagica (Sevast.). 
Description.—Adult: General plumage bluish-gray tinged with lilac, each feather 
sharply defined by a twinned crescent of black and white, producing a handsomely scaled 
appearance; head and back of neck white tinged with brownish yellow; throat and fore-neck, 
broadly, black; flight feathers and their coverts slaty; tail white; bill chiefly livid flesh-color; 
feet orange-yellow. Young birds are less conspicuously crescent-marked and have head and 
neck dusky speckled with white. Length of adult 25.00-28.00; wing 15.00-17.00; tail 5.00-6.00; 
bill 1.50; tarsus 3.00, 
General Range.—Coasts and islands of Bering Sea, chiefly about Norton Sound and 
the Yukon delta; wintering among the Aleutians and along the coasts of southern Alaska, 
casually south to northern California. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—Specimen taken at Chemainus, V. 1, Nov. 25th, 
1894. The bird was shot while in company with some Canada Geese and was exposed for 
sale in a Victoria market, where John Fannin secured it. 
Occurrence in Washington.—No positive record but birds reported from California 
must have passed along our western coas.. 
