. The birds of Maine; with key to and description of the various species known to occur or to have occured in the state, an account of their distribution and migration, showing their relative abundance in the various counties of the state as well as other regions, and contributions to their life histories . y to the species of CYGNIN^. A. Lores without yellow color. Trumpeter Swan. (Hypothetical List). B. Lores yellow spotted or entirely yellow. 1. Lores with a small yellow spot. Whistling Swan. (Hypothetical List). 2. Lores entirely yellow ; base of bill yellow. Whooping Swan. Genus OLOR Wagl
. The birds of Maine; with key to and description of the various species known to occur or to have occured in the state, an account of their distribution and migration, showing their relative abundance in the various counties of the state as well as other regions, and contributions to their life histories . y to the species of CYGNIN^. A. Lores without yellow color. Trumpeter Swan. (Hypothetical List). B. Lores yellow spotted or entirely yellow. 1. Lores with a small yellow spot. Whistling Swan. (Hypothetical List). 2. Lores entirely yellow ; base of bill yellow. Whooping Swan. Genus OLOR Wagler. 179. Olor cygnus (Linn.). Whooping Swan,Plumage of adults: whole of lores and basal portion of bill yellow; theyellow of bill surrounding the nostrils; rest of bill and feet black; plumageotherwise entirely white. Immature plumage: ashy tinged with brownish;bill and feet lighter than in adults. Wing to ; culmen ; tarsus , (Ridgway). Geog. Dist. — Europe and Asia; occasional in southern Greenland; acci-dental in Maine. County Records. — Washington ; one was shot at Poke-a-moon-shine Lake,September 10, 1905, by Chas. S. Hunnewell of Alexander, and after beingmounted was sold to Clarence H. Clark of Lubec, in whose collection it nowis, (Clark, J. M. O. S, 1905, p. 23).. IBISES 125 Purely accidental in Maine. They breed in secluded swampsand about lakes in Lapland, Iceland and other Arctic regionsof the Old World, making a bulky nest of rushes, sedges,grasses and moss which is placed on the ground. The eggsare three to seven in number, dark ivory colored and (Davie). The food is said to consist of vegetablematter, small mollusks and water insects. ORDER HERODIONES. Herons, Storks, Ibises, CICONIiE. Storks, etc. Family CICONIID^. Storks and Wood TANTALIN^. Wood TANTALUS Linnaeus. 188. Tantalus loculator Linn. Wood Ibis. Plumage of adults : head and neck bare, grayish dusky; primaries, secon
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