

LESSER SNOW GOOSE. 



169. Chen hyperboreus hyperboreus. 25 in. 



Pure white except for the black primaries. 

 Bill and feet reddish, the toothed sides of 

 the former being black. Young birds are 

 more or less mixed with gray. 



Note. Sometimes "honks" but usually 

 silent. 



Nest. On the ground. Eggs pure white. 



GREATER SNOW GOOSE. 

 169a. Chen hyperboreus nivalis. 33 in. 



Just like the preceding except in size. 



Range. Both breed in Arctic regions, the 

 former in western parts and the latter in 

 eastern. The former winter in Miss. Val- 

 ley and westward, the latter on the South 

 Atlantic Coast and west to the Miss. River. 



BLUE GOOSE. 

 169.1 Chen ccerulescens. 28 in. 



Slaty-blue and white as shown. 



Range. Breeds probably in northern Un- 

 gava. Winters in the lower Miss. Valley. 

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