. Birds of North Carolina . and lower parts plain white. L., ; W., ; B., ; Tar., (Ridgw.). (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) Range.—North America, breeding far northerly, in winter restricted mainly to the morewestern States; rare in the oast. Range in North Carolina.—Accidental on the coast. Here we have a western bird, more coinmoiily known in California and on themarshes of the Louisiana coast which it freciuents in winter. Apparently it isquite rare on the Atlantic coast, and we know of its appearing in North Carolinaupon one occasion only. Bishoj) writes
. Birds of North Carolina . and lower parts plain white. L., ; W., ; B., ; Tar., (Ridgw.). (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) Range.—North America, breeding far northerly, in winter restricted mainly to the morewestern States; rare in the oast. Range in North Carolina.—Accidental on the coast. Here we have a western bird, more coinmoiily known in California and on themarshes of the Louisiana coast which it freciuents in winter. Apparently it isquite rare on the Atlantic coast, and we know of its appearing in North Carolinaupon one occasion only. Bishoj) writes that he examined in the flesh a female takenby Dr. C. C. Bush at Pea Island, Fei)ruary 5, IDUO. / 67. Chen hyperboreus nivalis (Forst.). Greater Sxow Goose. Descn/.>;(o/t.^.Similar to the preceding in color, but larger. L., ; W., ; B., —-Kastern North America, breeding far northerly, in winter from Ohesapeake Bayto West Indies. Range in North Carolina.—^Portions of coastal region in Fi«. Snow Goose. The White Brant, as the Greater Snow Goose is almost universally known togunners, is a rare bird along the southini half of the Xorth Carolina coast. OnJanuary 1, 1903, Pearson saw one standing among the sand dimes at Cape Hat-teras. It .showed no tlisijosition to fly imtil his horse and cart ai)i)roached withinfifty yards. Then it sprang into the air, and heading up wind flew rapidly for Descriptive List 87 several hundred yards, the black wing-tips contrasting strongly with the pure whiteplumage. It was followed for an hour or more, and in the course of its variousflights completely circled the lighthouse. A bunch of Snow Geese frequented the waters of Core Sound in the winter of1892-3. A pair from this flock was sent to the State Museum in the flesh fromBeaufort. Two specimens were taken on Trent River, near New Bern, in 1884. A flock every winter inhabits the beaches between Currituck Sound and the of this fact in
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