Geese 



I 69. 1 . Blue Goose {Chen ofrulescms) . L. 2S. -/Jds. 

 Head and neck white; below brownish gray; forcback 

 like breast; rump gray. Yng, Similar hut head and 

 neck grayish brown. 



Ranee.— North America; breeds in Hudson Bay region: winters on 

 ve^t coast of tiie Gulf of Mexico; two California records; sa.d to 

 have occurred | n New Jersev. 



I 7 la. American White-Fronted Goose {Anser albi- 

 frons ganibeli). L, 28. Ads. Forehead and rump 

 white; below spotted with black. Yng. Similar but 

 no white or head no black below. 



Rangp.— Nnrth Atnerira; breeds in Arctic region; winters on Gulf 

 Coast, California and Mexico; rare on Atlantic coast. 



176. Emperor Goose (Thilacte ca?iagica). L. 26. 

 Ads. Forenpck blarklsh; rest of head and neck white 

 sometimes tinged with rusty; tail mostly white. K«^. 

 Body less distinctly scaled; head and hind-neck spotted 

 with grayish, j^ofes. When flying, a deep, hoarse, 

 strident cla-ha, cla-ha,cla-ka; when alarmed and about 

 to fly, a ringing &-liigk, -ul&gh. (Nelson.) 



Range. — "Coast and islands of Alaska north of thp Peninsola; 

 chiefly about Norton Sound and Valley of the Lower Yukon; Com- 

 mander Islands, Kamchatka; casually south to Humboldt Bay. Cal- 

 ifornia-" (A,0, U.) 



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