. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. No. 5.] BIRD NAMES. 11 mage, blackish brown broken only by a few pale or white edgings to the feathers, but, as more often seen, a blotchy mixture of black and white; the feathers of rump, and those beneath tail, pure white. Color of bill varying with different specimens, from flesh color and yellowish, to darker and more reddish tint; the nail at end white or nearly so. Legs and feet orange, the webs lighter, and claws white. Young. Front of head deep
. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. No. 5.] BIRD NAMES. 11 mage, blackish brown broken only by a few pale or white edgings to the feathers, but, as more often seen, a blotchy mixture of black and white; the feathers of rump, and those beneath tail, pure white. Color of bill varying with different specimens, from flesh color and yellowish, to darker and more reddish tint; the nail at end white or nearly so. Legs and feet orange, the webs lighter, and claws white. Young. Front of head deep brown instead of white. No black on breast. Bill dull in tone, with nail at end No. 5. Young. Length twenty-seven inches; extent sixty inches. Its range, as given in A. O. U. Check List, is " North Amer- ica, breeding far northward; in winter south to Mexico and ; Though a familiar species to a majority of "Western gunners, it is one which we in the East know but very little about. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, or AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED O00SE (the latter distinguishing it from European variety Anser alUfrons): LAUGHING GOOSE: HARLEQUIN BRANT: PIED. 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 Trumbull, Gurdon, 1841-1903. New York, Harper
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