. The birds of New Englandand adjacent states: containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their habitats ... ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs . l as throughout the interior; the young bird is brown instead of white; theadult seldom, if ever, is without the yellow or orange space at the base of the billwhich is otherwise black. THIS beautiful bird is so extremely rare in New Englandthat it cannot properly be considered as belonging toour fauna. Within a few years, perhaps three or four speci-mens have b
. The birds of New Englandand adjacent states: containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their habitats ... ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs . l as throughout the interior; the young bird is brown instead of white; theadult seldom, if ever, is without the yellow or orange space at the base of the billwhich is otherwise black. THIS beautiful bird is so extremely rare in New Englandthat it cannot properly be considered as belonging toour fauna. Within a few years, perhaps three or four speci-mens have beentaken in the watersof Lake Champlain;and I believe a smallflock is recorded tohave been seen inLake Memphrema-gog. These arethe only instancesknown to me of itsoccurrence in theseStates. It retires to the most northern countries to passthe season of reproduction. It nests on the ground, onthe islands and plains in the Hudsons Bay country. Thenest is constructed of a small collection of weeds anddried grasses, loosely adjusted by the female. The eggsare from six to eight or ten in number. They are broadlyovoidal in shape, and of a pale olivaceous-green in vary in dimensions from by 3 inches to Sub-Family Anserine.— The Geese. ANSER, LiNNiEus. Bill as long as the head, mostly red or orange-colored; the lamelL-e of uppermandible project below the edge as conical points; nostrils opening behind themiddle of the commissure, the anterior edge only reaching to this point; tip of hindtoe reaching to the ground. 31 482 OENITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. ANSER HTPEEBOREUS. —PaKas. The Snow Goose. Anser hyperboreus, Pallas. Spic. Zool., VI. (1767) 25. Nutt. Man., II. Orn. Biog., IV. (183S) 562. 76., Birds Am., VI. (1843) hyperbm-ea. Gm., I. 504. Wils. Am. Orn., VIII. (1814) 76. Description. Adult,—Bill and legs red; color pure-white; primary quills black towards theend. silvery-bluish gray towards the base, where the shafts are white; the
Size: 1898px × 1316px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1870
