. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . DIBKCTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 141 2. LESSER SNOW GOOSE, C. hyperborea. ;white; primaries, black, fig. 170. Breeds in Alaska; migratessouth in winter to southern 111. and southern Cal; casual inN. E. 2*. GREATER SNOW GOOSE, C. h. nivalis. Differsfrom 2 in being larger, Breeds on the eastern coast ofHudson Bay; migrates south in winter very rarely to N. southward as far as Cuba; rare in U. S. b. Gray Geese. Aiiser. Large gray geese with both upper and under tail covertswhite, and tail tipped with white. 1. AM
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . DIBKCTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 141 2. LESSER SNOW GOOSE, C. hyperborea. ;white; primaries, black, fig. 170. Breeds in Alaska; migratessouth in winter to southern 111. and southern Cal; casual inN. E. 2*. GREATER SNOW GOOSE, C. h. nivalis. Differsfrom 2 in being larger, Breeds on the eastern coast ofHudson Bay; migrates south in winter very rarely to N. southward as far as Cuba; rare in U. S. b. Gray Geese. Aiiser. Large gray geese with both upper and under tail covertswhite, and tail tipped with white. 1. AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, A. ; bluish-gray above, brownish on head and neck; fore-head, white; grayish-white beneath irregularly spotted onbreast with black, fig. 171. Breeds far north in N. A., mi-grating south in Oct. to winter in abundance in the south-west as far south as Mexico; return north in March ; rare onthe Atlantic coast but occurs as far south as 170. Fig.
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