. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 97 170. BOSS'S SNOW GOOSE. Chen rossii (Cassin.) Geog. Dist.—In summer Arctic America, migrating south in winter to southern California and eastward to Montana. There is nothing known of the habits, nests and eggs of this boreal species. Oft ; I [171.] WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Aiiser ulMfroHK (Gm.) Geog. Northern parts of Eastern Hemisphere and Greenland. The White-fronted Goose of the Old World, which very closely respmbles the American species, is distributed in its migr
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 97 170. BOSS'S SNOW GOOSE. Chen rossii (Cassin.) Geog. Dist.—In summer Arctic America, migrating south in winter to southern California and eastward to Montana. There is nothing known of the habits, nests and eggs of this boreal species. Oft ; I [171.] WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Aiiser ulMfroHK (Gm.) Geog. Northern parts of Eastern Hemisphere and Greenland. The White-fronted Goose of the Old World, which very closely respmbles the American species, is distributed in its migrations throughout various j ctions of Europe, but is more abundant in the eastern than in the western portions. Said to extend its migrations into Central Africa, almost to the equator. It breeds near the coast line of the Arctic Ocean in Europe and Asia, and also on the lakes, larger rivers, bays and inlets. There is no difference between the general habits of this species and those of the American bird. It nests on the ground, in the immediate vicinity of water, making a large structure of sticks and hay which is lined with down. The eggs are from four to six in number, yellowish-white in color, and measure about • [171. 1.] BEAN GOOSE. AtiHcr fahalis (Dath.) Geog. Dist.—Northern Asia, eastward into Northern Europe and Northern Africa. Accidental in Greenland. The Bean Goose is an inhabitant of Northern Asia and Northern Europe. It is the Aiixn- fo'ijvtiiiii of Pennant. A winter visitant to Great Britain, and is said to breed on some of the Hebrides. It breeds in Northern Europe, and was found nesting by Hewitson on islands of the Norwegian sea, near the Arctic circle. The nests were simply hollows in the ground, usually in elevated portions of the islands; they were lined with rank g'-asses and sedges. The eggs are from five to eight in number, of a dull greenish color and their average size is inches. This Goose is suc- cessfully bred in confineme
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