ki:y to 'nil-: \\aii;i< iukds of Florida. 



SiJUAMiLv AXSERIN.E. Gffsk. 



Gents CHEN l>()ii:. 



CHEN HYPERBOREA NIVAEIS ^J'brst.). 

 Greater Snow Goose. 



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(General plumat^e white : ijrimaries black and 

 primary coverts paie ash. The immature bird 

 lias the head. neck, and upper parts mottled L;rav 

 and white : the rump and tail are white : under 

 parts white. 



i.ent;tli, 34 ; Wing", 17.40; Hill, 2.50: Tai'sus, 



Thi.s species rano^es throughout North x\merica. Its 

 breedino- phice is unknovvu, but is probably in the iar 

 North. It ranges in winter south to the Greater An- 

 tilles. It is not a common bird in Florida, but speci- 

 mens occasionally occur there. It has been taken in 

 Ke\' West and a munber of times on the west coast. 



CHEN C^ERULESCENS (//////.). 

 Blue Goose. 



Head and neck white or huff: dusky gray on 

 the neck and back, shading into whitish on the 

 under parts; wings ashy gray, the rump and 

 upper tail coverts grayish white or white ; some 

 of the quills and tail feathers dusky, showing 

 white on the edges; primaries are black. 



The immature bird of this species has the 

 head and neck grayish brown, shading into dull 

 white on the chin. 



Length, 30; Wing, 16; IJill. 2.20; Tarsus. 3.10. 



The liabits of this species are but little known, and for a long time it 

 was supposed to be the voung of the Snow Goose. 



