250 FEATHERED GAME 
Goose varies from six to eight pounds, thus not 
so large as the Canada. The length of this spe- 
cies is between twenty-eight and thirty inches, 
with a wingspread of from fifty-eight to sixty- 
two inches. 
There are two other species of Snow Geese 
in North America, both inhabiting the western 
half of the continent,—the Lesser Snow Goose 
(Chen hyperborea), a race which probably in- 
tergrades with the present species, breeding 
in Arctic America and Alaska and in winter 
coming south to the central plains, or on the 
coast to southern California,—and Ross’ Snow 
Goose (Chen rossti), the smallest of North 
American geese, mainly a maritime race, breed- 
ing far away in the north, and often associat- 
ing with the Lesser Snow Goose, from which it 
may be distinguished by the wart-like growth 
at the base of the upper mandible. This spe- 
cies has much the same range as its relative just 
named, though, as mentioned, Ross’ Goose is 
more often taken on the coast. Neither of 
these small geese are taken on the Atlantic 
coast. None of these birds are much given to 
coming to decoys. 
