444 



LAMKLMKOSTUAI- SWIMMKUS— ANSKItKS. 



CiiSHiii, who (l«'Hcriln'(l tliis .siK'«;i»'s in ISAd, ri-j^anltMl it an Mun Vfry ran-, Ixit. not 

 iinkiKiwii on tlic Atlantic coast. He had mM>n Itut iivf siM't-inicns. uric of whiili was 

 Iroiii (>rc},'on ; and the otiicr lour — wliicli occiirrcd in |>airs — were lound in tlic 

 market in l'liila(Ud|iiiia, and are now in the colh-elion ol tlic Acjuh-niy oi' tliut city. 

 Two were adults, and two were in imniatnie pluniap'. 



Two cxani|>Ies (d the smaller I'orm were obtained in Indaiid in Novcmhe.-, IS71. 

 Mr. Howard Saumh'rs diionicled their oi(urren<c at a meetinj,' ot tlie Zooh.j^'icul 

 Society in I.S7-. lie states that on the JHh of Novcnd»er his attention was attracted 

 to two (icese han^^in^' n|i in Leadenhall MarVet, London. I(y diiip-nt ini|iiiry he sidi- 

 se(|ncntiy ascertained tliat they liad itecn sliot near Wexford, on the lake of Taciini- 

 shin, on the south coast, liy a Ikiv. Tiiey were the only ones that had appeared 

 there; hut tlierc was a third one sidweiiuently shot in We.xford llarlMir. They had 

 liecn swininiin;^ aiiout on the lake for some days hidiire tiny were shot. The lake 

 adjoins the sea, from which it. is separated hy or':y a narrow rid;;e of sand; and it 

 prcdtahly would i»e one (d' tin- lirst places birds wouhl make if coming' from the sea. 



I'nder the name of .Itimr /ii//iir/iiir<it.i, .Mr. IN ie writes that it is impossihlc to 

 convey any i<h'a of the incessant clatter of sounds emitted hy this and the While- 

 fronted (Joose when disturlM'd at ni^ht by some prowling wolf, as they .all roost on 

 the ground in wet prairies. The old (Jecsc of this species f,'encrally keep together; 

 and their white pluuia},'e. contrasted with the dark ground, presents the appearance 

 of snow-banks. K; r(dy seen in the water, they remain all winter in Calilornia and 

 the southern parts oi (frcf^cui. When they lirst arrive from the north they arc vcr_\ 

 tame, allowing |M'rsons to approai h very near, and a skilful rider on a hoi-Hc is en- 

 abled to cat<di them with a lasso. Mr. I'eale saw four that had Inm-u taken in this 

 way in one afternoon. 



Two examples of this (ioo.ie wer»' obtained at Fort Resolution on the litJtli (d 

 May hy Mr. Kennicott. 



The efjj^ of the ."^now (Joose is (piite larj^e .is <M»mpared with the size of the binl. is 

 oval in shape, the two ends being <d' uneipial si/.e, and the color is a uniform dirty 

 chalky white. They average il.lO by li.liO inches. 



Chen RoMi. 



BOSS'S SMOW 00 



Jtiser /?aW, BAniit, MS. C.v; s. IV. I'liilad. A.ad. IStil, 7!». — CorKx, Kpy, 1«72, '.iSS ; Ohfok I.i-I, 



187:1, II". isi ; itinis N. W. 1871. .'..''..■J. 

 Rj-nnthriiiii/1.1 A',mi, Ki.l.lnr, llliistr. Am. 11. IV. IStllt, pi. 4-1. 

 Chill A'<m/, liiiHiw. I'r. I'. .S. i^at. Mus. 188(1, 'Joa ; Num. N. Am. 11. IHM, no. :m. — Coijk.m, ('lie. k 



hist, -.M imI. 1882, no. C 7. 



H.Mi. Arctic .'Viiicricii in Hiniiiiicr, racitic coast to Soiitlicni C'aliforiiia in winter. 



Sp. Chau. Ailnll : Colors c.vaitly as in A. iiiii>erhoriiii>. Entindy Miowy white, the jirimiirii"- 

 black, fading into lioary asli hasally. liili and fed .iiill HMMish, tlie nails of tlir former wliii' 

 Toiiiia of the hill flosejy ap|ii'o.\iniatcil, the intervening spare scarcely cxposiMl. I^aiei'o-liasa! out 

 line of tilt! bill straight ; base of the bill fmpiciitly warted or cornigateij. y<iiiiiii: White, tinK<'l 

 with grayish, the centres of the feitlliers of upper parts ileeper ;.'ravish ; bill mnl feel dusky. 



Wing. ia7"i-l.' .'■(O indies ; culnieii, 1..VI-1.70 ; depth of iiia.xillaat base, .h.",- !»."i ; width. .70-. so , 

 tarsUK, -i.aO-U.CK); uiddle toe, l.nO-2.0.-| ; tail I'eatlieis, ni.l.^1. 



In adults ()btai..eil at the same seawiii (winter or stinmier) there is great variation in the nm^ili 

 nei^ of thu Imisu of tliu ma.xilla ; in many (perhaps a majority of s|H!t:iiuvii.H) the luisu is siiiipl\ 



