. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . ,^.-J%>^-K-^ Black Brant. WMte-fronted Goose. FAMILY DUCKS, GEKSE, AND SWANS. 83 Section 2. Bill and feet, pink or flesh color in life; head,white, sometimes tinged with brownish orange. Entire plumage, white; primaries, black; sinallor th:iu C. h. nivalis; bill, ;tarsus, over ; middle toe, over (udult). Chiefly l»:iclfic coast to Mississi|>i)i \;illpy,rare on Atlantic coast. Ghe7i hi/perboren. Lesser Snow Goose. See Xo. 121. Entire plumage, white; primaries, black; resemb
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . ,^.-J%>^-K-^ Black Brant. WMte-fronted Goose. FAMILY DUCKS, GEKSE, AND SWANS. 83 Section 2. Bill and feet, pink or flesh color in life; head,white, sometimes tinged with brownish orange. Entire plumage, white; primaries, black; sinallor th:iu C. h. nivalis; bill, ;tarsus, over ; middle toe, over (udult). Chiefly l»:iclfic coast to Mississi|>i)i \;illpy,rare on Atlantic coast. Ghe7i hi/perboren. Lesser Snow Goose. See Xo. 121. Entire plumage, white; primaries, black; resembles precedins; species but is jarirer(adult). Eastern Xortli America, south in winter on Atlantic coast to Floridji .•ind Cuba. Chen hypcrborea nivalis. Greater Snow Goose. See No. 12.). JJack, slaty brown; btdiy and rump, gray ; the feathers, not barred; terminal lialf of tail,not white (adult). Chen ccernlcsrcns. Blue Goose. See \o. 12(j. Section 3. Bill, pinkish; feet, yellow or pink; head,brownish or grayish, sometimes marked with white. Forehead and feathers at base of bill,
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