. Color key to North American birds; with bibliographical appendix . ; breeds in Hudson Bay region: winters onve^t coast of tiie Gulf of Mexico; two California records; tohave occurred | n New Jersev. I 7 la. American White-Fronted Goose {Anser albi-frons ganibeli). L, 28. Ads. Forehead and rumpwhite; below spotted with black. Yng. Similar butno white or head no black below. Rangp.—Nnrth Atnerira; breeds in Arctic region; winters on GulfCoast, California and Mexico; rare on Atlantic coast. 176. Emperor Goose (Thilacte ca?iagica). L. Forenpck blarklsh; rest of head and neck whiteso


. Color key to North American birds; with bibliographical appendix . ; breeds in Hudson Bay region: winters onve^t coast of tiie Gulf of Mexico; two California records; tohave occurred | n New Jersev. I 7 la. American White-Fronted Goose {Anser albi-frons ganibeli). L, 28. Ads. Forehead and rumpwhite; below spotted with black. Yng. Similar butno white or head no black below. Rangp.—Nnrth Atnerira; breeds in Arctic region; winters on GulfCoast, California and Mexico; rare on Atlantic coast. 176. Emperor Goose (Thilacte ca?iagica). L. Forenpck blarklsh; rest of head and neck whitesometimes tinged with rusty; tail mostly white. K«^.Body less distinctly scaled; head and hind-neck spottedwith grayish, j^ofes. When flying, a deep, hoarse,strident cla-ha, cla-ha,cla-ka; when alarmed and aboutto fly, a ringing &-liigk, -ul&gh. (Nelson.) Range.—Coast and islands of Alaska north of thp Peninsola;chiefly about Norton Sound and Valley of the Lower Yukon; Com-mander Islands, Kamchatka; casually south to Humboldt Bay. Cal-ifornia- (A,0, U.). 85 Geese and Brant


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