. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. — CUE fJRESE — CHEN. 445 \ HliKhtly nifjoxf, wiili lon^'ituilinnl siilwiliiiii.«, little if miy inoic iliMiiict than in C. hiipnhnrciis. (S, c a('ci)iii|)aiiyiiiK' .) H|MTiiii(ii No. 4l7.'i, Ihnii tJrcat Slivc Like, |ii(ilMilily an immature individual, is exceptional in liavin;,' ll terontlary i|nill> , li|i|»r«l willi white, the plumaj^e ill Mai'k, lippol wilh white. In all other ren|HM' than iIiok- mentioned, the ap|M-arancu i» that of an ailnlt liiid ; and these dil
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. — CUE fJRESE — CHEN. 445 \ HliKhtly nifjoxf, wiili lon^'ituilinnl siilwiliiiii.«, little if miy inoic iliMiiict than in C. hiipnhnrciis. (S, c a('ci)iii|)aiiyiiiK' .) H|MTiiii(ii No. 4l7.'i, Ihnii tJrcat Slivc Like, |ii(ilMilily an immature individual, is exceptional in liavin;,' ll terontlary i|nill> , li|i|»r«l willi white, the plumaj^e ill Mai'k, lippol wilh white. In all other ren|HM' than iIiok- mentioned, the ap|M-arancu i» that of an ailnlt liiid ; and these dilferences woidd seem to indicate a ralliei' ciilferent tninsition )ilu- nia^e fnim youth to nialuiily than in the .1. Iitjjur- liiimiH. lli'iiriH', in Ills ••.Iouiiu'v to (lie Nortliorii (tccan," ri'lers ti» a .small (Judsc which was iindoulttfilly this .s|M-cics. lie calls it tlio •'Horned Wavcy," |>i(dial»ly from tlie caniii- at tin* Ikisc of the liill; and lie dcscrilMS it as follows: "'I'liis delicate and diiniiiiitiv species of the (ioose is not miudi larf^cr iliaii tilt! Mallard I>uck. Its |diima^'e Ih deli- catidy white, cxci|it tie <|nill-feathers, which are lilack. The hill is not more than an iindi long, and at the kise is stndih'd roiiiid witli little knobs alH)nt the si/.e id' peas, lint more remarkaldy so in tli- male. Moth the hill and the feet are of the .sann- eidorwith those id' the Snow tJoose. This s|M'cies is very scarce at Churchill Itiver, an<l I iM-lieve ar»i never found at any of the scuithern settle- ments; hut alNuit two or three hmnlred miles to the of Churchill 1 have seen them in larf^e tloi-ks as the Common Wavey or Snow Goose. The flesh of this is exeeedingly delicate, lint they are so small tluit when I was on my )'• irney to the north 1 ate two »d" them one night tor ; llcunii! axUla that this speciies was. Please note that these images are extracted from sca
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