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Adult Female.— Similar to the male. Total length, 28-0 
inches j wing, i6‘3. 
Young Birds.— Greyish above, the feathers edged with ashy- 
brown ; the crown of the head and the centre of the back 
of the neck brown; forehead and sides of face ashy-white, 
slightly tinged with yellowish-buff; under surface of body 
white, greyish on the fore-neck and chest ; the scapulars brown 
like the back, with ashy bases; lesser wing-coverts white, 
powdered with grey; the median and greater coverts ashy- 
grey, with white edges, the amount of white varying greatly on 
the latter series ; bastard wing-feathers grey ; primary-coverts 
and quills as in the adult birds ; the secondaries ashy-brown, 
edged with white, and having the greater part of the inner 
webs white ; inner secondaries dark slaty-brown, with broad 
white edges to both webs ; tail-feathers white, powdered with 
ashy-brown. 
Range in Great Britain.— Of accidental occurrence only. The 
first instance of the capture of this species was made known by 
Mr. Howard Saunders, who noticed two young Snow-Geese in 
Leadenhall Market on the 9th of November, 1871, and he came 
at once to tell me of his interesting discovery. We returned 
forthwith to the market and purchased the pair, and Mr. Saun- 
ders, having procured from the salesman tlie name of his corre- 
spondent, enlisted the aid of the late Sir Victor Brooke, who was 
then in Ireland, and by this means the clue was followed up, 
and It was ultimately discovered that the two Geese had been 
shot a few days previously on tf;^ lake of Tacumshane in Co. 
Wexford. A third was shot soon after in Wexford Harbour, 
but was not preserved. In October, 1877, a flock of seven 
v as seen near Belmullet in Co. Mayo, and two were captured. 
On the 22nd of August, 1884, an adult Snow-Goose was seen 
by the Rev. H. A. Maepherson on the coast near Allonby in 
Cumberland. Others have since been noticed in Yorkshire in 
1891. ’ 
_ Range ontside the British Islands.-The home of this beautiful 
bird is in the Arctic Regions of North America, but the species 
probably occurs in Eastern Siberia. It breeds in Western Arc- 
tic America, and migrates in winter to Japan, and in America 
down the Mississippi Valley and to Southern California. It has 
