. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE AMERICAN BWAN. 481 in ench other; ing along both le culmen in a lie chin extend ay. han the tarsus), •ior half of the 0 lateral outline dening slightly; liddle portion of 1 the foot, much in the sides and twenty or more )185. iding on the fore- ;tremity considcr- jrs. ,nge or yellowish ,b
. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE AMERICAN BWAN. 481 in ench other; ing along both le culmen in a lie chin extend ay. han the tarsus), •ior half of the 0 lateral outline dening slightly; liddle portion of 1 the foot, much in the sides and twenty or more )185. iding on the fore- ;tremity considcr- jrs. ,nge or yellowish ,bove tinged with twenty-five one- «.,_ r. „ A m»ri<-»n Swan is equally abumlant on both sides of the continent, « ;e:a?tru??trior; th'e yol, ... is brown instead of ; the Tdu" imrif ever, is without the yellow or orange space at the base of the , which is otherwise black. THIS beautiful bird is so extremely rare in Now England that it cannot properly be considered as belonging to our fauna. Witliin a few years, perhaps three or four speci- mens have been taken in the waters of Lake Champlain; and I believe a small flock is recorded to have been seen in Lake Memphrema- gog. These are the only instances known to me of its occurrence in these States. It retires to the most northern countnes to .pass th season of reproduction. It nests on the ground on the islands and plains in the Hudson's Bay country The nest constructed of a small collection of weeds and d ed grasses, loosely adjusted by the female. The eggs ar" froL six to eight or ten in number. They are broadly Toidrin shape,'and of a pale olivaceous-green in colo. They vary in dimensions from by 3 mches to by Sub-Family Anserine.— The Geese. ANSEB, Bill a. long a. the head, mosUy red ^^ ^-^^'^^^''iXli^^^^ mandible project below the edge a. ^^-^^X^ J-tV^p^Lf. tip of hind middle of the commissure, the anterior edge only reaching to ims p« middle toe reaching to the
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