GEESE. 



121 



Long Island, irrc<rular from Oct. to Apl. Sing Sing, A. "V., Apl. 

 Hest and eggs unknown. 



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

 of the Atlantic coast. It migrates both by night and day, and when 

 on the wing its white plumage and black-tipped primaries render it 

 easily identifiable. It is a noisier bird than the Canada Goose, and its 

 voice is higher and more cackling. 



169.1. Chen csBrulescens (/w'/in.)- Bli'e Goo?e. ^(/.— Head and 

 upper neck white ; niidcllc of the liind neck soinctitiies blackish, lower neck all 

 around fuscous, rest of under parts brownish f,rray eil^red with butly ; the lower 

 belly generally paler, sometimes white ; upper buck and scapulars like the 

 breast ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts gray ; tail fuscous gray edged 

 with whitish ; wing-coverts like the rump or slightly darker, with little or 

 no whitish margins; wing-quills and tertials fuscous, the latter more or less 

 margined with whitish. Jm. — " Similar to adult, but head and neck uniform 

 deep grayish brown, only the chin being white. L., 2()'50-30-00 ; W., 1500- 

 17-00; B., 2-10-ii-30; Tar., y-OO-3-yo" (Kidgw.). 



Jiange. — North America; breeds in the Hudson Bay region and migrates 

 southward, chiefly through the interior, to Texas. 



Long Island, A. V. 



Nest and (ygn unknown. 



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

 Atlantic coast it is even less comtnon than in the interior. It was at 

 one time supposed to be the young of the Snow Goose, which it doubt- 

 less resembles in habits. 



171a. Anser albifkvns gambeli (If'irtf.). Ameriow Wihtr- 

 ruoNTEi) (lOosE. A(l. — Forcliciid unci rcgiixi bordering the base of the bill 

 white ; upper parts and forcn^ck grayish i)rown, more or less nuirgined on 

 the back with lighter; lon>rer 'iiul lateral \ippcr tuil-coverts white; breast 

 somewhat lighter than tlie throat, ..lorc or less irregularly marked with black, 

 and fading gradually into jiure white on tl e lower belly ; sides like tin- l)ack. 

 //». — Similar, but no white at the base of the hill or black iiuirks on the 

 breast; nail of the bill black. " L., 27'('(>-30-{iO; W., U-'-T) 17-,-)0; H.. l-80-i>-;i.') ; 

 depth of nuuuUble at base, •HO-l-jO; width, •Sa-l-O.-) ; Tar., -J-i'iO-.-i-jo" (Ridgw.). 



IlniKje. — "North America, brccdiiiir far nortiiward; in wintiT south to 

 Mexico and Culia " (A. 0. U.) ; rare on the .Atlantic coast. 



Long Island, A. V. 



Kest^ on the ground, of grasses lineil with down. K(jijs, six to seven, dull 

 greenish yellow with obscure darker tints, ;!iO x -jm)? (Davie). 



"Those birds are rarely mot with on the Atlantic coast, but are 

 quite common in the Mississippi Valley and ubundfiiit on tlio I'acific 

 slope. They prefer low, wot grounds in the vicinity of timber, or 

 where the prairie is dotted here and there with bushes; and, while 

 they occasionally forage of? the wheat fields and other grains on the 





