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a white band, margined behind with blackish brown, on the anteri- 

 or part of the forehead, along the bill ; general color of back, deep 

 gray, the feathers of its fore part broadly tipped with grayish brown 

 — the rest with grayish white ; hind part of back deep gray ; wings 

 grayish brown ; toward the edge, ash gray — as are the primary 

 coverts, and outer webs of the primaries ; the rest of the primaries 

 and secondaries, grayish black, the latter with a narrow edge of 

 grayish white- — the former edged and tipped with white ; breast, ab- 

 domen, lower tail coverts, sides of rump, and upper tail coverts, 

 white; the breast and sides patched with brownish black — on the 

 latter intermixed with grayish brown feathers; tail rounded, feet 

 orange, claws white ; length, twenty-seven and a half inches, wing, 

 fourteen and a half inches. 



On the coast of Long Island this Goose is exceedingly rare. 

 The cabinet of the Lyceum of Natural History, New- York, contains 

 a specimerj that was shot at Babylon. According to Mr. Audubon, 

 *' it passes through the interior of the Southern and Western States 

 during winter, as well as along the coast from IVIassachusetts to Tex- 

 as ; and is said to pass through the interior of the fur countries in 

 large flocks to its breeding places, which are the woody districts to 

 the north of the seventy-seventh parallel, and also the islands of the 

 Arctic Sea." 



ANSER HYPERBOREUS— GMEL. 



SNOW GOOSE. 



Snow Goose, Anas hvperboreus, Wilson. 



Anscr hyperhorens, Bonap. 



Snow Goosp, Nuitall. 



Anser hvperboreus, Snow Goose, Sw. & Rich. 



Snojv Goose, .\riser hyperborcus, Aud. 



Specific Character — Bill and feet carmine ; plumage pure white; 

 fore part of head tinged with yellowish red ; primaries brownish 

 gray — toward the end, blackish brown. Length thirty-one inches 

 and three quarters, wing fifteen. Female measures about six inches 

 less. Young with the head and upper part of the neck and wing 

 coverts, grayish white ; lower part of neck, fore part of tack, fore 

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