. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. L. BUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 281 Snow Goose (169". G. h. nivalis) is like the last, but much larger. Length, 28-38 ; wing, 17-19; tail, 6^ ; tarsus, 3-3J; culmen, 2^-2|. North America; breeding far north, and wintering from Maryland to Cuba. Rare on the Atlantic coast north of Virginia. 4. Blue Goose (169-1. Chen cceruMscens). — A brownish-gray goose, with the head and upper neck white, and the middle and lower neck blackish. The lower belly is a light gra
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. L. BUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 281 Snow Goose (169". G. h. nivalis) is like the last, but much larger. Length, 28-38 ; wing, 17-19; tail, 6^ ; tarsus, 3-3J; culmen, 2^-2|. North America; breeding far north, and wintering from Maryland to Cuba. Rare on the Atlantic coast north of Virginia. 4. Blue Goose (169-1. Chen cceruMscens). — A brownish-gray goose, with the head and upper neck white, and the middle and lower neck blackish. The lower belly is a light gray, or some- times almost white. The wing coverts have almost no whitish margins. The young has the head and neck grayish-brown, with only the chin white. Length, 26-30 ; wing, 15-17 ; tail, 5J ; tarsus, 3J ; culmen, 2J. Interior of North America; breeding on eastern shores, Hudson Bay, and wintering on the Gulf coast. Rare on the Atlantic coast. 5. American White-fronted Goose (171'. Anser dlbifrons gdm- beli). — A large, brown-necked, gray- backed, white-bellied goose, with a white forehead on an oth- erwise brown head. The nearly white breast is peculiarly • blotched with black. The young lacks the white forehead and the black breast blotches. Although rare on the Atlantic coast, these geese are common from the Mississippi Valley to the Pacific, mainl> in low, bushy, or wooded regions. Length, 27-30; wing, 14J 17J; tail, b} ; tarsus, 2|-3J; culmen,l|-2J. North America; breeding in the Arctic regions, and wintering south to Mexico and Cuba. 6. Canada Goose (172. Brdnta canadinsis). — A common, very large, grayish-brown-bodied, black-necked, black-tailed American White-fronted Goose. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnat
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