34 Miscellaneous Circular 13, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Geographic index.—Ala., whitehead, white-headed goose;- Ind., Alaska goose; Labr., 
blue wavy; La., blue brant, brant, eagle-headed brant, gray brant, oie aigle, oie 
bleue, sk illet-kead; Man., black wavy, blue wavy, brant, gray wavy, silver brant; 
Mo., whitehead, white-headed gcose; Nebr., outlaw; N. W. T., blue wavy; Que., 
oie bleue; Tex., gray brant; Wis., bald brant. 
BOOK NAMES. 
Baldhead, bald-headed brant, black brant, blue snow goose, bluish goose, blue- 
winged goose, white-headed bald brant, white-headed blue brant, white-headed 
brant. 
170. Ross Goose (Chen rossi). 
Range.—Western North America. Breeding range unknown, but probably north of Mackenzie (N. W. 
T.); winters in California;in migration occurs from Kent Peninsula and Anderson River, Mackenzie, south 
to Manitoba and Oregon; accidental in British Columbia, Colorado, Louisiana, and Chihuahua. ; 
FIG. 28.—White-fronted Goose. 
Vernacular names.—China goose (Oreg., Calif., Ariz.); galoot (Alta.); little wavy 
(Man., Calif.); warty-nosed wavy (N. W. T., Ont., Man., Alta.). 
Book names.—Horned wavy, least snow goose, lesser wavy, Ross’s snow goose, 
Ross’s snowy goose. 
171. White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons). (Fic. 28.) 
Range.—The subspecies A nser albifrons albifrons breeds on and near the Arctic coast from northeastern 
Siberia east to Northeastern Mackenzie(N. W T.)and south tolower Yukon Valley; winters commonly 
from southern British Columbia to southern Lower California and Jalisco, and rarely from southern 
Illinois, southern Ohio, and New Jersey south to northeastern Mexico, southern Texas, and Cuba, and on 
the Asiatic coast to China and Japan; rare in migration on the Atlantic coast north to Ungava (Que.). 
The subspecies Anser albifrons gambelli winters in California and the American breeding range ‘‘is 
conjectured to lie in Arctic America somewhere east of Alaska.’? Breeds also on or near the Arctic 
Coast in Iceland, Nova Zembla, northern Europe, and northern Asia, passing south in winter to Egypt, 
India, and China. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—Specklebelly (sometimes speckle-belly brant). 
In local use.—Brant (Wis., Ill., Minn., Ia., Mo., Man., N. W. T.); California goose 
(N. Dak., Kans.); checkerbelly, checkerbreast (Calif); China goose (B. C.); gray brant 
(Minn., Iowa, La., B. C., Calif.); gray goose (Ind., Tex., Alaska, Wash., Calif.); gray 
wavy (Sask., Alta.); laughing goose (N. W. T., Man., 8. Dak., Calif.); marbled-breast, 
mottled brant (Calif.); mottled goose (Tex.); ole caille (quail goose, probably because 
