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Chen hyperborea nivalis (Forster). (Jreater Snow Goose. 

 Anas nivalis Fobsteb, Philos. Trans., LXII, 1772, 413. 

 Chen hyperborea nivalis Ridgwat, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, II, 



1884, 107. 

 Anser kyperboreus var. hyperioreus Pall., of some authors. 

 Popular synonyms: Mexican Goose. Bed Goosk. White Bbaht. 



Texas Goose. Common Wavey. 



While I have obtained no record of the capture of this bird 

 within our limits, Mr. E. W. Nelson, says, in his report* on the 

 birds of this region, that he thinks it occurs in equal numbers 

 with the preceding species. I have seen specimens of both forms 

 of this species which were taken at Liverpool, Indiana. 



While the Lesser Snow Goose is a Pacific coast form, the 

 Greater Snow Goose may be considered its Atlantic coast repre- 

 sentative. Its breeding grounds are probably confined to the 

 eastern portion of British America, and in its fall migrations it 

 passes southward through the eastern United States, including 

 the Mississippi Valley, to the Gulf coast. 



Chen casrnlescens (LinnEens). Blue Goose. 



Anas ccerulescens Linn^tjs, S. N.. ed. 10, I, 1758, 124. 



Anser cmrulescens Vieill., Ene. Meth., I, 1823, 115. 



Chen ccerulescens Gtjndl., in Poey's Report, Fis.-nat. Isla Cuba, I, 



1865-1866, 387. 

 Popular synonyms: Blue-winged Goose. Blue Bkant. Whttb- 

 HEADED Bbant Or GoosE. Whtte-head. Bald Brant. 



A common migrant. In former years large numbers of this 

 species were taken on the Calumet marshes, but now few are 

 seen nearer than the Kankakee River region. I have observed 

 them at Hyde Lake, Indiana, and at Grand Crossing. 



The range of the Blue Goose includes the interior of North 

 America. It breeds on the eastern shores of Hudson Bay and 

 in Labrador. In the winter it migrates southward through the 

 Mississippi Valley to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. 



Genus ANSER, Brisson, 1760. 



Anser albifrons gamheli (Hartlaub). American 'White-fronted Goose. 



Anser albifrons Bonaparte, Synop., 1828, 376. 

 Anser gamheli Habtlaub, Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1852, 7. 

 Anser albifrons var. gambeli CoUES, Key, 1872, 282. 

 Popular synonyms: Brant. Speckle-bellt. Laughing Goose. 

 Pied Brant. Gray Brant. Prairie Brant or Goose. Yellow- 

 legged Brant or Goose. Harlequin Brant. 



*Bird8 of Northeastern Illinois. Bull, of the Essex Institute, Vol. VIII, 1876, 137. 



