GEESE 



(169) Chen hyperboreus hy= 

 perboreus pallas 



{Gr-, goose; Lat., beyond tlie north wind.) 



SNOW GOOSE. Just like the fol- 

 lowing sub-species but averaging 

 smaller. L. 25.00; W., i5.oo; B., 2.30. 



Range — Breeds in Alaska. Win- 

 ters in western United States. 



(169a) C. h. nivalis 



(Forsler). (Lat., snowy). 



GREATER SNOW GOOSE. Ads. 

 — Plumage as shown. Bill and feet 

 red, the former with a black serrated 

 edge. Im. — Grayish, with white 

 edgings to the feathers; rump, tail 

 and belly white. L., 35.00; W., 17.50; 

 B., 2.60. Eggs — Dirty chalky-white, 

 3.40 X 2.40. 



Range — Breeds in Arctic America. 

 Winters from Md. and 111. southward; 

 casual in New England. 



are small and move so rapidly that they make a buzzing 

 sound; this sound, together with the fact that they fly in a 

 compact flock or swarm, gives them a local name of " Bumble 

 Bee Coot." 



They dive easily and can remain under water for a long 

 time. Sometimes they sink beneath the surface backward, 

 without leaving a ripple, as grebes sometimes do. While 

 they can take flight from the land readily, they find it more 

 difficult to rise from the surface of the water, along which 

 they have to flap and run for a few yards before launching 

 themselves into the air. They breed locally within the 

 United States as far south as Texas, but chiefly north of our 

 borders. Their cream-colored eggs are numerous, rang- 

 ing from ten to twelve; this accounts for the continued 

 abundance of the species. 



GEESE, Sub-family Anserinae, differ externally from 

 ducks in having a less flattened body, a bill high at the base 

 and tapering but not flattened at the tip and in having 

 generally longer legs. The sexes are usually very similar 



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