Annual report . de fromWashington to lower California. East of the Rocky mountains it is onlya straggler. Branta leucopsis (Bechstein)Barnacle Goose Anas leucopsis Bechstein. Orn. Taschb. Beutschl. 1803. 424Branta leucopsis A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. (175) leucopsis, Gr. AevKos, white, and oi/?ts, appearance, face Description. Adult: Front, sides of the head and chin white, a blackline from bill to eye; rest of head, neck, and forepart of body black; scapulars,wing coverts and inner secondariesbluish gray, barred with bluishblack and whitish; wings and tailblackish; breast and belly
Annual report . de fromWashington to lower California. East of the Rocky mountains it is onlya straggler. Branta leucopsis (Bechstein)Barnacle Goose Anas leucopsis Bechstein. Orn. Taschb. Beutschl. 1803. 424Branta leucopsis A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. (175) leucopsis, Gr. AevKos, white, and oi/?ts, appearance, face Description. Adult: Front, sides of the head and chin white, a blackline from bill to eye; rest of head, neck, and forepart of body black; scapulars,wing coverts and inner secondariesbluish gray, barred with bluishblack and whitish; wings and tailblackish; breast and belly grayish;crissum and tail coverts white; billandfeet black. Young: Face mixedwith black; plumage washed withreddish brown. Length 25-28 inches; wing 17;tail 6; bill ; tarsus This old world species is anaccidental visitant in the easternUnited States and has been taken AT -\r^ 1, ^ ^^ T^,^^;,^^ Barnacle goose. Branta leucopsis (Bechstein). once m New York near Jamaica *- nuA^ons British Birds. From 236 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM bay, L. I., about October 20th, 1876, recorded by George N. Lawrence[N. O. C. Bui. 2: 18, also in Forest and Stream, 7: 181, 276]. Olor columbianus (Ord)Whistling Swan Plate 22 Anas columbianus Ord in Guthries Geogr. Am. Ed. 2. 1815. p. 319C 3gnus americanus DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 353, fig. 235Olor columbianus A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 180 c/lor, Lat., a swan; Columbianus, of Columbia riverDescription. Adult: Plumage entirely white, sometimes with a rustytinge about the head and breast; bill black with a yellowish spot in frontof the eye; feet black; iris brown. Young: Ashy gray, with brownishwash on head and upper neck; smaller than the adult; feet light colored;middle portion of bill largely flesh-colored. Weight 12 to 19 pounds. COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS OF THE WHISTLING AND TRUMPETER SWANS Length Extent Wing Tail Bill,?^^ culmen Eye to nostril Rear of nostrilto tip of bill Tarsus Middletoe .
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