. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. 88 DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMERICA. PHILACTE CANAGICA {Sfvas/). Emperor Qoose. Ailult: Head and bae-k ot neck, white, soinetimes tinged witli rustj' brown or orantje brown ; tliroat, brownish gray, dotted more or less with white; general plumage, slaty gray, the featliers tipped with ashy white and showing a subterminal band of l)rown, darker on the. ^/^3 J'llilactl' r:tJKlj;:ica. back than on tlie under part^: greater portion ol outer tail f
. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. 88 DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMERICA. PHILACTE CANAGICA {Sfvas/). Emperor Qoose. Ailult: Head and bae-k ot neck, white, soinetimes tinged witli rustj' brown or orantje brown ; tliroat, brownish gray, dotted more or less with white; general plumage, slaty gray, the featliers tipped with ashy white and showing a subterminal band of l)rown, darker on the. ^/^3 J'llilactl' r:tJKlj;:ica. back than on tlie under part^: greater portion ol outer tail feathers, white; iimer featliers, hoary gray, edged with white; axillars, lioary gray, sometimes tipjM'd with dull white. \\^iug, ; tarsus, ; bill (cuhnun), 1 ..; bill (nostril to tip), 1 inch; bill (angle of mouth to tip), ; feet, flesh color; eye, dark l)rowTi. J/ahiktt: "Coast and islands of Alaska north of the peninsula, cliiefly about Norton Sound and th(! valley of the Lower Yukon, C'omniander Islands, Kamchatka, casually south- wai-d to Humboldt Bay, ; (A. O. l'.) The Euiperor Goose breeds in Alaska, where it is alnindaut in many locali- ties. The nest is placed on the ground, the eggs are white, usually discolored with more or less 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. Boston, For sale by Little, Brown & Co.
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