B L U E - W IK G E D GOOSE. ^ ^'47 



,aIh-Golor : rump and vent white : middle feathers of the tail dufky, 

 tipt and edged with white ; the outmoft almofl: entirely white : legs 

 .flefh-colored : claws, black. Length two feet nine. Extent five 

 feet. Weight fometimes ten pounds. 



Inhabits the north of Europe, /fjia, and America, and migrates Place. 



into 'Hiidfon's Bay. Frequents, during winter, Sotitb Carolina, and 

 particularly the rice grounds, where it gleans the droppings of the 

 harveft. This fpecies breeds in the fens of Lincoln/hire, and never 

 ■migrates from that county. They are feen, learly in the fpring, -fiy^ 

 Lng over Sweden, to the Lapland moors, and to the' eaftern and 

 foutherri parts of Iceland ; in which quarters of that idand alone 

 'they breed *. Return in autumn : make a fliort ftay along the 

 •fliores ; but never winter in Sweden-^. Abound in i2i^<?;, Sibiriaj 

 and Kamtfchatka ; but breed chiefly in the north. 



Sdw. 152. — Anfer Cserulefcens, 'Lhi. Syft. 196. — Lathamt vi.. — L"ev. Mus. ^y^. Blue-wing- 

 ed Goose. 

 T^^ With a red elevated bill : crown yellowifli ; reft of the head 



and neck white ; the hind part of the laft fpotted with black 1 

 in fome the fpots are wanting : bafe of the neck, breaft, fides un- 

 der the wings, and back, of a deep brown : coverts of the wings and 

 tail of a light blueifh afh-calor : belly and vent white : primaries 

 dufky : fcapulars and tail white and grey, difpofed in ftripes : legs 

 red. In Size rather leiTer than the common Tame Goofe. 



Migrates into Hu^Ws Bay, and re-migrates like the former. The p^ 



IncTians have a notion, that to avoid the cold, it flies towards the 

 fun, till it finges its pate againfl: that luminary. Few go very far 

 •north i but are moft numerous about Albany Fori: j where, on the 

 'Contrary, the Snow Geese are very fcarce. 



* Paul/bn. t -^mcstt. Acad. iv. 5S5. 



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