118 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



LESSER SNOW GOOSE (Chen hyperboreus hyperboreus) 

 This subspecies ranges even further west than the Greater 

 Snow Goose, and is of accidental occurrence on the Atlantic 

 coast. Two specimens, the dimensions of which fall within 

 the limits given for this race, have been taken on Long Island, 

 Shinnecock Bay, October 8, 1881, and Montauk Point, 

 October 29, 1888. 



Mr. Chas. A. Urner has recorded one out of three birds 

 killed on the Newark Marshes by his brother. The skin was 

 too damaged for preservation, but the wing measurement 

 corresponded to that given for this race. (Auk, 1921, p. 120). 



GREATER SNOW GOOSE (Chen hyperboreus nivalis) 

 The Snow Goose is a decidedly rare transient on Long 

 Island, and of casual occurrence elsewhere. Fortunately it is 

 one of our rare species that could hardly be confused with 

 any other. I follow Eaton in assuming that all sight records 

 refer to this subspecies, as the Lesser Snow Goose is purely 

 accidental on the Atlantic coast. 



Long Island. Rare transient, occasional in winter; April 

 3 to April 17; September 28 to December (January 30). 



ORIENT. Rare visitant, October 1889 (Dutcher) to April 

 17, 1919. 



LONG BEACH. Two records, November 24, 1901, several 

 flocks seen flying west (reported to Braislin by a member of the 

 life-saving crew); April 15, 1917, flock of 25 to 30 flying east 

 over the Golf Links (Janvrin). 



New York State. Casual at Ossining, several hundred April 

 8, 1882 (Fisher). 



BLUE GOOSE (Chen cserulescens) 



Another accidental visitant from the Northwest. Eaton 

 gives four records for Long Island, one of them a sight 

 record by Mr. Arthur H. Helme, who reports a flock of ten 

 birds. Two recent captures are given by Grinnell from 

 Montauk, a single bird November 1911 and five birds October 

 1912. The adult Blue Goose is a dusky grayish bird with a 

 white head and upper neck, and is unmistakable in life. 



