LESSER SNOW GOOSE 

 169. Chen hypeboreus. 25 in. 



Plumage entirely white: ends of primaries black; top 

 and back of head sometimes tinged with rusty; bill and 

 feet red; eye brown. This variety is like the next, which 

 is the bird commonly seen in the East, although the 

 Lesser Goose is found east to the Mississippi Valley. 



GREATER SNOW GOOSE 

 169a. C. h. nivalis. 33 in. 



Snow Geese travel in large flocks, the same as do the 

 Canada Geese, led by an old male that has traveled the 

 airy road many times before. At times, flocks are seen 

 on the prairies, so large that they give the ground the 

 appearance of being covered with snow. They are very 

 wary and will all take flight at the first alarm. 



Notes. Usually silent, but they sometimes " honk." 



Nest. Of grasses, sometimes, but not always, lined 

 with down; 5 to 8 buffy white eggs (3.40x2.40*) ; June. 



Range. Breeds in the Arctic regions; winters on the 

 South Atlantic coast. 



