Geese and Swans 



169. Lesser Snow Goos« {Chsn hypgrborta). L. 

 zj-zS, j^ds. White, head sumetimes rusty, primaries 

 black, Yng. Head, neck, and above grayish- 



Range.— "Pacific coast to the Mississippi Valley, breeding in Alas- 

 ka; south in wintarto souttiem Illinois and southern California; cas- 

 ually lo New England." (A: O. ti. ) 



I e9a. Greater SnOw Goose (C. i. nivalis). 

 larto No, 169, but larger, L, 30-38. 



Sim- 



Range,— Eastern North America; bree4s in Arctic regions; winters 

 from OiespeaJte. New Jersey (rarely! soutti to Cuba; rare on Atlantic 

 coast nortli of Maryland, 



170. Roes Snow Goose (Chm rossii). L. 21; B. 

 1.6. Similar in color lo No. 169, but much smaller; bill 

 particularly smaller. 



Ranga. — Arctic America in Eummer; Pacific coast to southern 

 California and east to Montana In winter. 



180. Whistling Swan {Olor columhiatms). L. ■?■;. 

 Nostril nearer to tip of bill than To eye. Ads. Whitf, 

 hill and .ept hlnrk; a small yellow spot before the eye. 

 Yng. Head and neck brownish, rest of plumage 

 washed with ^ravi^h. Notes, 'wboogh, ''whoogh, very 



loud and shriU. (Nuttall,) 



Rjin^e.^North America; breed,: within Arctic Circle; winters 

 from British Columbia (f ) Lower Mississippi Valley.ChesaDealte Bay, 

 sooth to Gulf of Mexico; rare on Atlantic Coast noiih of Virginia. 



181. Trumpeter Swan (Clor buccinator). L. 65. 

 Nostril about in middle of bill, Ads. White, bill and 

 feet black; no yellow oh lores. Yng. Head and neck 

 brownish: rest ot plumage washed with grayish. Notes. 

 Loud and sonorous in tone like those of a French horn. 

 (Elliot.) 



Ranee.— "Chiefly the Interior of North America, from the GuW Coast 

 to the Fur Countries, breeding from Iowa and the Dakotas north- 

 ward; west to the Pacific Coast: rare or casual on the Atlantic." (A. 

 O, IJ.) 



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