. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions : or, The swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America . it theHorned \\avey and said that two or three hundred mileswest of Churchill, which is near the west shore of Hud-son Bay, he saw them in as large flocks as the CommonWavey or Snow Goose. The flesh, he says, was ex-tremely delicate, and as a proof of it he ate two of themone night for supper, which was doing very well, even foran Arctic appetite. It is a beautiful little bird, and it isto be regretted that more do not enter within our limits. 43 44 WATER FOWL. EXANTHEMO
. The wild fowl of the United States and British possessions : or, The swan, geese, ducks, and mergansers of North America . it theHorned \\avey and said that two or three hundred mileswest of Churchill, which is near the west shore of Hud-son Bay, he saw them in as large flocks as the CommonWavey or Snow Goose. The flesh, he says, was ex-tremely delicate, and as a proof of it he ate two of themone night for supper, which was doing very well, even foran Arctic appetite. It is a beautiful little bird, and it isto be regretted that more do not enter within our limits. 43 44 WATER FOWL. EXANTHEMOPS ROSSI I. Geographical Distribiction.—Arctic America, south in winterto Southern California, east to Montana. Adult.—Entire plumage, pure white, with the exception ofthe primaries, which are black. Bill, dull red; nail, white, with-out any black line along the gape. Basal portion of maxillacovered with wart-like excrescences. Legs and feet, total length, 23 inches; wing, i4x%; tarsus, 2y%; cul-men, ly^^- Young.—Resemble those of the Lesser Snow Goose, but areof a generally lighter color. il ^. O WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. npHE White-fronted Geese from the Old and NewWorlds have been separated into a species and sub-species, based solely upon size; the American birdsaveraging; a little larger, something like one inch in totallength and in the tarsus and culmen about half an incheach. As all critical remarks are reserved for theAppendix it is not necessary here to discuss the wisdomof separating these birds, but merely to state that as thereis no difference in their plumage, and the only way todistinguish a specimen (if two forms are recognized) isby the locality and the tape-line (and one cannotalways then be certain), I have not deemed thesedistinctions as of sufficient importance to separate theEl opean and American examples, and in this bookhave considered them as one species. The White-fronted Goose is found generally throughout NorthAmerica from the Arc
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