. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. eau. Soiuo islands in on islands t was noth- ity t)f down in one case as ("Ibis," it numbers, m the '.itlier They keep eetly north, ives eoUeet- Miehalaski. ey are rank t, and after- e on islands tic coast, on ions west of o. 9483) are to )rn. Biog. III. H. 1859, no. 8-i, no. 6t>9. 2, 283 ; ChcL'k iuul Juinaiwi cf. Lawk. [^ [lortiou of the ])()stc;rii)r oiil- white, with a white, buconi- with grayish iiti'vscapulars, WillJ^-COVL'VtS liter coverts ") Hdiiig hasally ;
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. eau. Soiuo islands in on islands t was noth- ity t)f down in one case as ("Ibis," it numbers, m the '.itlier They keep eetly north, ives eoUeet- Miehalaski. ey are rank t, and after- e on islands tic coast, on ions west of o. 9483) are to )rn. Biog. III. H. 1859, no. 8-i, no. 6t>9. 2, 283 ; ChcL'k iuul Juinaiwi cf. Lawk. [^ [lortiou of the ])()stc;rii)r oiil- white, with a white, buconi- with grayish iiti'vscapulars, WillJ^-COVL'VtS liter coverts ") Hdiiig hasally ; bill .80 vo — which is of the iqnier ANSERIN/E — THE — DERXICLA. 475. pnrts, nil the feathers of the luick, the scaimhirs, mid tlie larger wing-eoverls l) distinctly, thoifh narrowly, tipped with pale ash, while the more bluish gray at the base of the fi-athers'is every- where more or less distinctly exposed. It is not likely, however, that tliese dilffrenccs will prove constant.! These European skins measure as follows : Wing, ( inches ; culmeii, ; tarsus, (H); middli; toe, l.!)0- The (daini of the liarnacle (Joose to be included in the North American fauna is based upon its probable constant occurrence in Greenland, and occasional capture along the Atlantic coast. The individual instances of its being taken at long inter- vals and in distant localities may possildy be accounted for by considering them as birds escajied from •onlincnieiit. In a lew instances the occurrence of this bird in this country can be proved to have been caused in till Manner suggested; otlu'r (;ases are, and will perhaps remain, doubtful. Holboll states that this Goose in autumn regularly visits the southern part of (rreen- land; but be docs not believe that it bnuuls cinywhere in that country. I'rofessor Uein- hardt, however, considers these two state- ments inconsistent with each other — and indeed he has been told that a few of the eggs of thi
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