. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . ; bill, blu-ish with a narrow stripe of black ;feet, gray, fig. 168. Female, dull-er with top of head and twostripes on its sides, America, includingsome portions of the West Indies ;accidental in Wis., N. Y., andMass. IV, E, a, 1. GEESE. Aiiseridae. Usually large birds with long necks and quite long legswell fitted for walking. Bill, rather short and high at , similar. Nests placed on the ground; eggs, 6 to 10,dirty-white or yellowish. Flight, heavy, direct, often in linesside by side or in Y-shaped floc
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . ; bill, blu-ish with a narrow stripe of black ;feet, gray, fig. 168. Female, dull-er with top of head and twostripes on its sides, America, includingsome portions of the West Indies ;accidental in Wis., N. Y., andMass. IV, E, a, 1. GEESE. Aiiseridae. Usually large birds with long necks and quite long legswell fitted for walking. Bill, rather short and high at , similar. Nests placed on the ground; eggs, 6 to 10,dirty-white or yellowish. Flight, heavy, direct, often in linesside by side or in Y-shaped flocks. Notes loud and sonorous. a. White Oeese. Chen. Greater portion of plumage either white or very light incolor; bill and feet, purplish-red. Young, with head andneck grayish. 1. BLUE GOOSE, C. caerulescens. ; grayish-brown, bluish on wing coverts ; head and neck, white, fig. on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay; migrates souththrough the interior to winter on the coast of the Gulf ofMexico west of Louisana; rare on the Atlantic 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. 17
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