GREATER SNOW GOOSE. 
WAVEY. WHITE BRANT. 
I 
Chen hyperborea nivalis. 
Char. Plumage white ; head washed with rufous ; wing-coverts and 
wings ashy gray, the latter shading to black at the ends ; bill and feet 
purplish red. Length about 33 inches. 
In young birds the upper parts are pale gray, the feathers of the back 
edged with white; rump and under parts white. 
■ Nest. U snally on the marshy margin of a lake or stream, — a loosely 
i made structure of coarse herbage and twigs lined with grass and feathers. 
■ Eggs. 5-8; creamy white ; 3. 15 X 2. to. 
I The Snow Goose, common to the north of both continents, 
I breeds, according to Richardson, in the Barren Grounds of 
I Arctic America in great numbers, frequenting the sandy shores 
of rivers and lakes. These birds are very watchful, employing 
