. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . t: Head and neck black; a patch of white on the side of the head beliind the eye ex-tending to tlie chin; back and wings grayish brown: breast and under parts dull grayish white,becoming white on the belly; tail black. The immature bird is similar, but has the throat and cheeks sometimes mottled. Length, 40: Wing, 19; Bill, ; Tarsus, The Canada Goose ranges throughout temperate North America, breed-ing in Northern United States and the British Provinces. It ranges inwinter south to Mexi
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . t: Head and neck black; a patch of white on the side of the head beliind the eye ex-tending to tlie chin; back and wings grayish brown: breast and under parts dull grayish white,becoming white on the belly; tail black. The immature bird is similar, but has the throat and cheeks sometimes mottled. Length, 40: Wing, 19; Bill, ; Tarsus, The Canada Goose ranges throughout temperate North America, breed-ing in Northern United States and the British Provinces. It ranges inwinter south to Mexico and Jamaica. It occasionally occurs in Floridain winter, as specimens have been killed on the Indian River and also inNorthwestern Florida. The nest, which is composed of sticks and grass lined with feathers, isbuilt in the marshes and on borders of streams; it is claimed that sometimesthe nest is placed in a tree. At one time it bred commonly on the Magda-lene Islands. The eggs are four or five, usually brownish white. 240 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. BRANTA BERNICLA (Z/««.). Whole of head, neck, and upper breast black, ex-cept a patch on the sides of the neck, which iswhite and black; back grayish brown; longer tailcoverts white; lower breast grayish, shading intowhite on the belly. Length, 25 ; Wing, 13; Tarsus, ; Bill, Ranges from Arctic Circle, where itbreeds, southward to Georgia and occa-sionalh to Florida, several having beenkilled on the Florida coast. The eggs are described as creamywhite in color, four in number. Thenest is composed of grass and moss. Subfamily CYGNIN.^. Swans. Genus OLOR Wagler. OLOR COLUMBIANUS {Ord).Whistling Swan. General plumage white ; bill and feet black ; asmall yellow spot at the base of the bill in frontof the eye which is not always present; the distancefrom the front angle of the eye to the back edge ofthe nostril is more than the distance from the backedge of the nostril to the end of the bill; this is oneof
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