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  NEW 
  YORK 
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  sions 
  given 
  by 
  authorities 
  for 
  the 
  Lesser 
  snow 
  goose. 
  One 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  

   Shinnecock 
  bay, 
  October 
  8th, 
  1881 
  [5^?^ 
  Dutcher, 
  Aiik, 
  1:34], 
  the 
  other 
  on 
  

   Montauk 
  Point, 
  October 
  29th, 
  1888. 
  

  

  Chen 
  hyperborea 
  nivalis 
  (Forster) 
  

   Greater 
  Snow 
  Goose 
  

  

  Plate 
  21 
  

  

  Anas 
  nivalis 
  Forster. 
  Philos. 
  Trans. 
  1772. 
  62:413 
  

  

  Anser 
  hyperboreus 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  350, 
  fig. 
  238 
  

  

  Chen 
  hyperborea 
  nivalis 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  169a 
  

  

  nivd'lis, 
  Lat., 
  like 
  snow, 
  snowy 
  

  

  Description. 
  Adult: 
  Plumage 
  pure 
  white, 
  the 
  wing 
  tips 
  black, 
  the 
  

   head 
  often 
  washed 
  with 
  rusty; 
  bill 
  pinkish 
  or 
  carmine 
  red, 
  the 
  nail 
  white 
  

   and 
  the 
  "grinning" 
  opening 
  black; 
  feet 
  pale 
  lake-red; 
  iris 
  dark 
  brown. 
  

   Young: 
  Head, 
  neck 
  and 
  upper 
  parts 
  light 
  gray, 
  the 
  feathers 
  margined 
  with 
  

   lighter; 
  rump, 
  tail, 
  and 
  under 
  parts 
  whitish; 
  bill 
  and 
  feet 
  much 
  darker 
  than 
  

   in 
  the 
  adult. 
  

  

  Length 
  27-31 
  inches 
  ; 
  extent 
  58-63; 
  wing 
  17-17.15; 
  tail 
  6.5; 
  bill 
  2.3-2.65; 
  

   tarsus 
  3-3.5; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  3-3.5; 
  weight 
  5-6.5 
  pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  Greater 
  snow 
  goose 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  breed 
  mostly 
  on 
  Victoria 
  Land 
  

   in 
  the 
  Arctic 
  ocean. 
  It 
  "is 
  enormously 
  abundant 
  on 
  both 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  

   western 
  shores 
  of 
  Hudson 
  bay 
  during 
  spring 
  migration" 
  and 
  winters 
  chiefly 
  

   in 
  the 
  lower 
  Mississippi 
  valley 
  from 
  southern 
  Illinois 
  to 
  the 
  gulf, 
  but 
  is 
  

   found 
  mostly 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  river, 
  while 
  the 
  Lesser 
  snow 
  goose 
  is 
  

   found 
  to 
  the 
  westward. 
  The 
  Greater 
  snow 
  goose 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   Atlantic 
  coast 
  from 
  North 
  Carolina 
  to 
  Cuba 
  and 
  occasionally 
  winters 
  as 
  

   far 
  north 
  as 
  Cape 
  Cod, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  assumed 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  report 
  that 
  all 
  

   records 
  of 
  Snow 
  geese 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  where 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  not 
  

   procured 
  refer 
  to 
  this 
  species. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  definite 
  records 
  we 
  

   have 
  of 
  this 
  species: 
  

  

  Ithaca, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  , 
  March 
  1876. 
  (2 
  young). 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  7: 
  283 
  

   Lake 
  George, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Nov. 
  19, 
  1881. 
  (Flock). 
  Merriam, 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  7: 
  128 
  

   Ossining, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  April 
  8, 
  1882. 
  (200-300). 
  Fisher, 
  N. 
  0. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  7 
  : 
  251 
  

   Moriches, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Sept. 
  28, 
  1886. 
  Adult. 
  (Lucas 
  & 
  Buck). 
  Dutcher, 
  L. 
  L 
  Notes 
  

   Lake 
  Champlain, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Few 
  years 
  ago 
  flock 
  seen 
  by 
  E. 
  G. 
  White, 
  Ottawa, 
  185 
  Wurten- 
  

   burg 
  St. 
  (Some 
  were 
  shot.) 
  

  

  