224 The Water-fowl Family 



and Michigan. In the migrations occurs rarely east to New- 

 foundland, and west to Manitoba, Assiniboia (?), Alberta (?), 

 North Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado. 



This species can nowhere be said to be com- 

 mon. It is found most frequently along the 

 coast of Virginia and North Carolina, where it 

 winters in the sounds and bays, arriving in early 

 November and leaving in March. At times the 

 bird is abundant in Cuba. Dr. Degland, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Dresser, states that when Cienaga de 

 Zapata begins to dry up, portions are covered 

 with snow geese, and he had killed at least thirty 

 in one season. (B. B. & R.) 



North of the Chesapeake the bird is rare. Snow 

 geese are taken occasionally off the coast of Maine. 

 Small flocks are sometimes seen on Long Island. 

 Along the New Jersey coast they are more abun- 

 dant and go by the name of red geese, probably 

 from the color of the bill and legs. 



July 10, 1893, a specimen of the downy young 

 of the greater snow goose was obtained together 

 with the adult female at Glazier Valley, Green- 

 land. (Lieutenant Peary's Expedition.) 



Nests of snow geese have been found near 

 Liverpool Bay. They were placed on a small 

 island in a lake in holes in sandy soil, and were 

 well lined with down. (B. B. & R.) 



Its habits are similar to those of the lesser snow 

 goose. The bird is a high, strong flyer, the flight 



