. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 416 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME the Athabaska-Mackenzie region of Canada through which it travels each spring and fall migration. Its winter range lies almost wholly within California where it is chiefly found in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. Ross geese were originally abundant winter visitants to our central valleys, but have always been far less numerous than the larger lesser snow geese. Like other geese, Ross geese were gre
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 416 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME the Athabaska-Mackenzie region of Canada through which it travels each spring and fall migration. Its winter range lies almost wholly within California where it is chiefly found in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. Ross geese were originally abundant winter visitants to our central valleys, but have always been far less numerous than the larger lesser snow geese. Like other geese, Ross geese were greath' reduced in numbers by market hunting before this became illegal and they are now comparatively scarce. In order to preserve this unique bird, it was given complete protection and since almost all Ross geese winter in California, it is up to us to see that the species is perpetuated. The Ross goose is one of our smallest geese, adults varying from 22 to 26 inches in length from bill to tail-tips, and weigh from 2-1 to 3f. Fig. 118. Adult Ross (left) and lesser snow geese. Photograph of mounted specimens in Chase Littlejohn collection. Photo by author. pounds, averaging about 3 pounds. Its body is little larger than that of a mallard duck, but it appears larger in flight on account of its longer wings, tail and neck. Male Ross geese, like other geese, average slightly larger than females. Fig. 118 shows a mounted specimen of an adult male Ross goose in contrast with a lesser snow goose of the same age and sex. The latter species which weighs from 4 to 5f pounds, is well known to most California hunters and the photograph shows the small size of the Ross goose in comparison. Both birds are pure white in plumage except for black primary flight feathers or wing tips. Sometimes the feathers of the head and neck, particularly those near the bill, and underparts are rusty or reddish. This is caused by a deposit of iron oxide derived from water containing this mineral that the bir
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