222 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Olesser Snow (Soose, 



THE Lesser Snow Goose (Chen hyperboreus, Pallas) is a 

 very rare abnormal autumn migrant to the British Isles, 

 and inhabits the western portion of Arctic America and 

 North-Eastern Asia, migrating southward in winter. The 

 adult has the entire plumage white with the exception of 

 the primary coverts, which are grey ; quills, black, grey at 

 the base ; irides, hazel ; bill, pale red ; legs and feet, 



