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Long Isl11111l,irreg_>'11lart'rot11()et.to Apl. Sing Sing, A. V., Apt. )1»! 111111 191/.»- unknown.

The Snow Goose does not appear to he a common bird on any part of the Atlantic coast. It Iiiigrates both by night 11.1111 day, and when on the wing its white phnnage and black-tipped primaries render it easily identifiable. It is a noisier bird than the (12111111111 Goose, 11nd its voice is higher and more caekling.

169.1. Chen caarulescens 1 £12111). $1.11: GUUSE. [LL—Head and upper neck white ; middle of the hind neek sometimes luluekish, lower neek all around fuseous, rest of under parts hrow’uish gray edged with bult'y ; the lower bellv rrenerullv paler, sometimes white; up per hack and seapulars like the breast; low 1r haek. 11111111. and 11p per tail-eou1ts1rr1n tail f'useous1_r111\'ed1_red with whitish; wing courts like the rump or sli1rhtl\ darker. with little or no whitish nungins; winpquills 111111 tertials tuseous. the 111tt1r more or less margined with whitish. Im.—"Si1nil11rto adult, but head 111111 neek uniform deep grayish brown. only the chin heing white. 1... Zvl'SU—LLU'UO; \\'., 15'00- 17'01); 13., 2'10—2‘2'11; Tar. 3'110—3'311”(I'Iidng).

1.’1111_1/11.—~.\'ortl1 America; breeds in the Hudson Bay region and migrates southward. ehietly through the interior, to Texas.

Lon;r Island. 1\. V.

A111 and 11/11/1' unknown.

The Blue Goose is apparently nowhere :1 00111111011 hird, and on the Atlantic coast it; is even less: common than in the interior. It 1'15 at one time supposed to he the young of the Snow Goose, which it doubt- less resembles in habits.

17131. Anser albifrons gambeli 1/lvn‘f/J. AMERICAX WHITE- ricox'rlan (ioost-z. ‘11[.—1“or1-l1ea1l and region l)01‘1,lel‘11]u’tlttt hase ot' the bill white: upper parts and t'oreneek grayish l>1'o\1'11.111ore or less 111argined on the haek with lighter; longer and lateral upper tail—em‘erts white; hreast; somewhat lighter than the throat, more or less irregularly 111111'ke11 with hlaek, 111111 111111111.r gradually into pure white on the lower helly; sides like the hawk. 11n~$i111ilar, hut no white at the base of the hill or ldaek marks on the hie 1st nail ot' thehill hlaek. " I... 17'1111—‘:o-;oo \\ 11"}? 17 5”: 1’» 1""-‘—‘ " 9 depth ot mandihle at hase. '1'117-1'2112 width. '57171‘I'5' '. '1 ar. .. ‘1‘ ,-,1,_». "It” 111111111121.

11712111111 __1~1 North Anteriea. lvr1-1~di111_r t'ar northward; in \\'i11ter.s1'1utl1 t0 Mexieoand (‘11ha“11\1(t.1'.); rare on the Atlantie eoast.

Long Is1and,1\. V.

NHL on tl11-_1_rrou11d.ot' grasses lined with down. Eva/s. six to seven, 111111 greenish yellow with oluseurt- darker tints, 3'11) x 2'07 11>:1Vie).

“These hirds are rarely met with on the Atlantic mast. but are. quite common in the Mis. ssippi Valley1111111111111111ant011 the ’aeific slope, They prefer low. wet grounds in the vicinity of timber, 01' Where the p'airie is dotted here and there with hushes: and. while they occasionally forage elf the wheat fields and other grains on the