. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . atrosslays but one, which is larger than that of a Goose, white, withdull spots at the larger end; this is good food, the whitenever growing hard with boiling. While the female is sitting,the male is constantly on the wing, and suppHes her with this time the female is so tame as to allow herself tobe pushed off the nest while her eggs are taken. But themost destructive enemy of this bird is the Hawk, which stealsthe egg whenever the female removes from it. As soon asthe young are able to leave the nest, the Penguin
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . atrosslays but one, which is larger than that of a Goose, white, withdull spots at the larger end; this is good food, the whitenever growing hard with boiling. While the female is sitting,the male is constantly on the wing, and suppHes her with this time the female is so tame as to allow herself tobe pushed off the nest while her eggs are taken. But themost destructive enemy of this bird is the Hawk, which stealsthe egg whenever the female removes from it. As soon asthe young are able to leave the nest, the Penguins take pos-session of it, and without further preparation hatch their youngin turn. The Albatross, though so large a bird, suffers itself to beteased and harassed while on the wing by the Skua Gull, orLestris, from which it often alone finds means to escape bysettling down into the water, but never attempts resistance. A few examples of this species have been met with off the coastsof Florida; but it has not been seen elsewhere near our shoresduring recent GREATER SNOW GOOSE. WAVEY. WHITE BRANT. Chen hyperborea nivalis. Char. Plumage white ; head washed with rufous ; wing-coverts andwings ashy gray, the latter shading to black at the ends; bill and feetpurplish red. Length about 33 inches. In young birds the upper parts are pale gray, the feathers of the backedged with white ; rump and under parts white. Nest. Usually on the marshy margin of a lake or stream, — a looselymade structure of coarse herbage and twigs lined with grass and feathers. Eggs. Unknown. The Snow Goose, common to the north of both continents,breeds, according to Richardson, in the Barren Grounds ofArctic America in great numbers, frequenting the sandy shoresof rivers and lakes. These birds are very watchful, employing 282 SWIMMERS. one of their number usually as a sentinel to warn them of anyapproaching danger. The young fly about the close of August,and the whole depart southward about the middle
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