. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . nder parts, bluish-purple ;legs, yellow. An occasional visitor to the marsheast of Toronto. Birds of Canada. 91 Order VL—^mmmm, SUB-ORDER ANSERES. Sub-Family Cygnix^.— The Sivans. Cygnns arnericamts.—The American Swan. This magnificent bird is rare in the easternpart of Canada ; in the west, it is occasionallymet with in the vicinity of the river St. beautiful specimens were obtained nearGoderich in the summer of 1870. The adultbird is pure white ; the bill and legs, bla
. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . nder parts, bluish-purple ;legs, yellow. An occasional visitor to the marsheast of Toronto. Birds of Canada. 91 Order VL—^mmmm, SUB-ORDER ANSERES. Sub-Family Cygnix^.— The Sivans. Cygnns arnericamts.—The American Swan. This magnificent bird is rare in the easternpart of Canada ; in the west, it is occasionallymet with in the vicinity of the river St. beautiful specimens were obtained nearGoderich in the summer of 1870. The adultbird is pure white ; the bill and legs, black ; thetail has twenty feathers. The young birds arebrown, with a reddish tint. Breeds in the north-west. Nests, on the ground; eggs, eight in num-ber, of an olive-green color. This swan is fifty-four inches long. C. buccinator.—The Trumpeter Swan. This beautiful Swan is an accidental visitor,rarely seen east of Toronto. It is sixty-twoinches long. Pure white; the bill and legs,black. Its notes are loud and sonorous. Breedsin the north-west. 92 Birds of Canada. Sub-Family AxSERIX.^.— The THE SNOW GOOSE. Anser hyperboreus.—The Snow Goose. The Snow Goose is an occasional visitor inCanada. It is two feet eight inches in length,and its extended wings are five feet. The billof this bird is very curious, the edges havingeach strong projecting teeth ; and the tongue,which is horny at the extremity, is armed oneach side with thirteen long and sharp upper mandible is bright red ; the lower,white. The head, neck, and body of the adultbird are pure white ; the quills are white for halftheir length, the rest, black; the legs are deep Snow Goose inhabits the arctic regions, occa-sionally migrating to Canada and the more tem-perate climes of Virginia and Maryland.
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