GREATER SNOW GOOSE. 



Chen hyperborea nivalis ( Forst. ) . 



Precisely similar in all respects to the preceding-, but 

 larger. While the length of C. hyperborea is about 25 

 inches, with a wing 15 1-2 inches, that of the present 

 sub-species is 34 inches, with a wing over 17 inches. 

 The two forms are often found associated together, 

 and it is frequently difficult to determine to which one 

 a bird belongs. 



The snow geese differ from many of their fellows in 

 feeding largely on the land. They walk about much as 

 do the domestic geese, nipping the grass and such other 

 herbs as please their taste, and resort to the water 

 chiefly for resting. 



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