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Inland, irn-K'ulur i"rm < >.-t (> A; rig, A. V., Apl. 



' an<l tyij unknown. 



Tin- Snow Goose does not appear to be a common bird on any part 



rf the Atlantic ena.-t. It inu-r.it.- l.ili l>y night and day, and when 

 on I ho wing its white plumule and Mm k-lij.|ed primaries n-mb-r it 

 cattily identifiable. It is a noisier lurd than thu Canada (i<oso, and its 

 roice is higher and moiv cm kiing. 



169.1. Chen cteruleacena /</<>. I: A-l. Hi-ad mnd 



UJ>|HT i k liit- ; iniil-lli- !' tin- hind in-i-k .snim-timeii black'mh, lower neck mil 



an>und fuscous, rtst <>f un-li-r part* !>ru ni.tli gray edged with huffy ; the- ! <-r 

 belly generally paler, -m.t'.rn.- white; upper hack and Moa|>ulant liki- tin- 

 brcaat; |OWT l>ok, rump, und upjHT tail-onvi-rtj* jjruy ; tail fuwmit urav i-il^itl 

 with whitish; wiiix'-> -l >vi-rt.H liki- tin- rump nr xli^'litly -larki-r, with littlr T 

 no whitish niurK'ins; win^nuills and ti-rtiuls iWnu-, tin- lutti-r IIIUP 

 mix>nt>l with hiti^li. ////. - Similar to adult, but hi-ad and n--k unitonn 

 deep graywh brown, only tin- i-hin U-itii; wliitr. I.., 26-50-30-00 ; W., 15-uo- 

 17""; H., _ 10-8*30; Tar., 3-00- -:m " ( Ui... 



Hiimjt. North Ami-rica; l>rt-fd.s in tin- llii'U<>n Buy region and migrate* 

 southward, chiefly through the mu-rinr, t<> Texas. 



Long Inland, A. V. 

 .' and j<j* unknown. 



The Blue Goose is apparently nowhere a common bird, and on the 

 Atlantic coast it i- rvrn less common than in tin- interior. It was at 

 one time supposed !> IN- the young of the Snow Goose, which it doubt- 

 less resembles in habits. 



17 la. Anser albifrons pambell llirti.. AMERICAN WIHTE- 



rKoNTtD GDOME. All. Fun-lu-ad and region l-'rU-rin-,' the hano of the bill 

 uppi-r parts and fnn.-m-i-k trrayi^h hn>wn. nmri- <>r les maivined on 

 the back with li^hti-r; li>nir-r and lati-ml np|x-r tail-<-i>vi-rt.s whitr; bnatt 

 ^IIM'W hat lit'liti-r than tin- throat, more or K-S.S irregularly marki-d with hlat-k, 

 and tladinir gradually into |>ure white n tin- lnwi-r Ix-lly ; -id. - like the back. 

 In. Similar, hut no white at tin- hast- of tin- bill or Mark marks mi tin- 

 breast; nail of the bill black. u L., 27-00-3(K)0; W., 14-25-17-.V); B.,'l-8O-8-85; 

 depth of mandible at base, -jo-l-.x> ; w idtli, -85-1-05 ; Tar., 2-60-3-20 " ( Ril k 'w . . 



It'iii'i'. "North Ami-rii-a, hn-edintr fur northward; in winter wuth to 

 Mexico and C'uba" (A. O. U.); rare on the Atlantic coast. 



l.'-ni: I-!and. A. V. 



j\'rf, on the ground, of grasses lined with down. /.'/. six to seven, dull 

 grecnuih yellow with ol.s.-ure darker tint**, 8-10 x 2-o7 



"These birds are rarely nn-t with on the Atlantic coast, but are 

 quite comrnuti in the Mississippi Valley and abundant on the Pacific 

 slope. They prefer low, wet grounds in the vicinity of timlxT. nr 

 where the prairie is dutti-d IHTC and tin-re with Imsho; and, while 

 they occasionally forage off the wheat fields and other grains on the 



