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  is 
  often 
  a 
  rusty 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  belly. 
  Young 
  birds 
  have 
  the 
  head 
  

   and 
  neck 
  dark 
  grayish 
  brown 
  and 
  the 
  bill 
  and 
  feet 
  dusky. 
  

  

  Length 
  25-30 
  inches 
  ; 
  wing 
  1 
  5-1 
  7 
  ; 
  bill 
  2.1-2.28, 
  depth 
  of 
  bill 
  at 
  base 
  1.37; 
  

   tarsus 
  3-3.25; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  nail 
  2.77; 
  outer 
  toe 
  2.62; 
  inner 
  toe 
  2.12; 
  

   rear 
  toe 
  .67. 
  

  

  Blue 
  snow 
  goose, 
  Blue-winged 
  goose, 
  Blue 
  wavy. 
  White-headed 
  blue 
  

   brant, 
  or 
  White-headed 
  goose, 
  as 
  this 
  bird 
  is 
  called 
  b}' 
  gunners 
  in 
  different 
  

   localities, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  rarest 
  waterfowl 
  which 
  visit 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   State. 
  Many 
  ornithologists 
  have 
  considered 
  it 
  merely 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  

   Snow 
  goose, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  the 
  consensus 
  of 
  opinion 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  perfectly 
  good 
  species. 
  The 
  amateur 
  may 
  distinguish 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  

   white 
  head 
  and 
  bluish 
  wings 
  and 
  rump, 
  since 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  Snow 
  goose 
  

   is 
  never 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  white 
  head 
  when 
  in 
  dark 
  plumage. 
  Its 
  habits 
  

   and 
  notes 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Snow 
  goose 
  and 
  its 
  breeding 
  range 
  is 
  supposed 
  

   to 
  be 
  somewhere 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  bay 
  region. 
  

  

  Several 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  goose 
  taken 
  within 
  the 
  State 
  have 
  been 
  

   preserved 
  in 
  museums 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Shinnecock 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  L. 
  I. 
  Hist. 
  Soc. 
  Col. 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  10: 
  270 
  

  

  Amity 
  ville, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Nov. 
  22, 
  1893. 
  9 
  . 
  (Chichester). 
  Dutcher 
  Collection 
  

  

  Cayuga, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Apr. 
  i, 
  1896. 
  d"' 
  9 
  . 
  Foster 
  Parker. 
  Collection 
  of 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  Schenevus, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar. 
  23, 
  1898. 
  Collection 
  of 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  Amagansett, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Mar. 
  21,1887. 
  (Edwards). 
  Collection 
  of 
  Lucas 
  & 
  Buck, 
  Sag 
  Harbor. 
  

  

  Dutcher 
  

   Miller's 
  Place, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Apr. 
  28, 
  1883. 
  A 
  flock 
  of 
  10 
  seen. 
  (Arthur 
  H. 
  Helmc). 
  Dutcher 
  

  

  Anser 
  albifrons 
  gambeli 
  (Hartlaub) 
  

   American 
  White-fronted 
  Goose 
  

  

  Plate 
  21 
  

  

  Anser 
  gambeli 
  Hartlaub. 
  Rev. 
  Mag. 
  Zool. 
  1852. 
  7 
  

  

  Anser 
  albifrons 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  349, 
  fig. 
  236 
  

  

  Anser 
  albifrons 
  gambeli 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  171a 
  

  

  al'bifrons, 
  Lat., 
  with 
  white 
  forehead; 
  gam'beli, 
  of 
  William 
  Gambel 
  

  

  Description. 
  Adult: 
  Forehead 
  white, 
  bordered 
  behind 
  with 
  black; 
  

   upper 
  parts 
  brownish 
  ash 
  ; 
  breast 
  and 
  belly 
  brownish 
  white 
  broadly 
  banded 
  

  

  