. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. LAUGHING GOOSE. Anser ALBIFRONS GAMBELI. Char. Upper parts brownish ash, the feathers paler on the edges; forehead and rump white ; wings and tail dusky; under parts brownish gray, blotched with black; bill yellow, with white nail; legs and feet orange. Length about 30 inches. Nest. Amid rank grass and made of co
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. LAUGHING GOOSE. Anser ALBIFRONS GAMBELI. Char. Upper parts brownish ash, the feathers paler on the edges; forehead and rump white ; wings and tail dusky; under parts brownish gray, blotched with black; bill yellow, with white nail; legs and feet orange. Length about 30 inches. Nest. Amid rank grass and made of coarse herbage and lined with grass and feathers, — sometin^^s a mere depression at the summit of a grassy mound or in the sand on the bank of a river, lined with feathers and down. ^SS^' S~7 I creamy white; X The White-fronted Goose breeds chiefly in the interior of the continent on the skirts of the forest portions of sub-arctic regions, and winters in Mexico and the West Indies. During the migra- tions this Goose is rare along the Atlantic coast, but plentiful on the plains, and quite common about the Great Lakes. Numbers of this species nest in Greenland, but they are said to be of the European race, — true albifrons, — and they probably migrate southward by the way of Iceland and the British Isles. The name of Laughing Goose is derived from the call, which is loud and trumpet-like. It sounds something like «;«//, wah^ ivah, 7vah, repeated rapidly. 01 el b aj. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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