THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
of the Mississippi, and extends southwards to Lower California and Mexico. 
It is generally rare in the Eastern United States. 
Distribution in the British Isles. — To the British Isles it is a rare winter- 
visitor, and from time to time in exceptionally severe winters small 
numbers, and even flocks, have been seen in Great Britain from the 
Solway southwards; also in Ireland, and a few have been killed. 
GREATER SNOW-GOOSE 
CHEN NIVALIS 
Chen nivalis, Salvador!, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas., xxvii, p. 86 (1895). 
DULT male. — Similar to the snow-goose, but larger and with 
a longer bill. Total length 33 to 36 inches; bill 2 6 to 
/ 2*7 inches; wing 17*5 inches; tail 6*0 inches; tarsus 
/ ' % 3*2 to 3*5 inches. 
/ This is merely a larger form of the snow-goose, and 
JL pL. I am inclined to agree with Count Salvadori in thinking 
that its claims to distinction from C. hyperboreus are not yet satisfactorily 
established. 
General distribution. — ^The greater snow-goose breeds in Greenland and 
in the eastern part of Arctic North America. In winter it is found in 
the Eastern United States from the Mississippi to the Atlantic Ocean, 
extending southwards to Florida and Porto Rico. 
Distribution in the British Isles. — ^A single example was obtained in Ire- 
land, at Belmullet, Co. Mayo, in October, 1886. 
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