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HliKhtly nifjoxf, wiili lon^'ituilinnl siilwiliiiii.«, little if miy inoic iliMiiict than in C. hiipnhnrciis. (S, c 

 a('ci)iii|)aiiyiiiK' < iit>.) 



H|MTiiii(ii No. 4l7<>.'i, Ihnii tJrcat Slivc Like, |ii(ilMilily an immature individual, is exceptional 

 in liavin;,' ll terontlary i|nill> ile.-j. I.jink, li|i|»r«l willi white, the plumaj^e <«'' ':.:■ nape and anal 

 iej,'icin hli;,'lilly ver^iinj; lnwanl a-liy, tlie nail of 

 the l>ill Mai'k, lippol wilh white. In all other 

 ren|HM't.M than iIiok- mentioned, the ap|M-arancu i» 

 that of an ailnlt liiid ; and these dilferences woidd 

 seem to indicate a ralliei' ciilferent tninsition )ilu- 

 nia^e fnim youth to nialuiily than in the .1. Iitjjur- 

 liiimiH. 



lli'iiriH', in Ills ••.Iouiiu'v to (lie Nortliorii 

 (tccan," ri'lers ti» a .small (Judsc which was 

 iindoulttfilly this .s|M-cics. lie calls it tlio 

 •'Horned Wavcy," |>i(dial»ly from t lie caniii- 

 clt .-. at tin* Ikisc of the liill ; and lie dcscrilMS 

 it as follows: "'I'liis delicate and diiniiiiitiv<> 

 species of the (ioose is not miudi larf^cr iliaii 

 tilt! Mallard I>uck. Its |diima^'e Ih deli- 

 catidy white, cxci|it tie <|nill-feathers, which 

 are lilack. The hill is not more than an iindi 

 long, and at the kise is stndih'd roiiiid witli 

 little knobs alH)nt the si/.e id' peas, lint more 

 remarkaldy so in tli- male. Moth the hill 

 and the feet are of the .sann- eidorwith those 

 id' the Snow tJoose. This s|M'cies is very 

 scarce at Churchill Itiver, an<l I iM-lieve ar»i 

 never found at any of the scuithern settle- 



ments; hut alNuit two or three hmnlred miles to the nortliwe.st of Churchill 1 have 

 seen them in a.s larf^e tloi-ks as the Common Wavey or Snow Goose. The flesh of this 

 is exeeedingly delicate, lint they are so small tluit when I was on my )'• irney to the 

 north 1 ate two »d" them one night tor siipiier." llcunii! axUla that this speciies was 



not dcHcrilHMl liy reniiant in his "Arctic ZcKdogy " — prohaldy for the reason that the 



person who presi I at Fort I'rince td Wales at ih-' tinu' the ecdU'ction was making, 



did not pay any attention to its completeness. According to Ilparne, the Indians luid 

 never met with any of the eggs of this s|)eejes, and he conjectu. <1 that these birds 

 rctiro«i to North (ireenland to breed. Their route in the fall of tho year, as tln-y 



