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Range (Chiefly the interior of North)

"Chiefly the interior of North America, from the Gulf coast to the fur countries, breeding from Iowa and Dakota northward; west to the Pacific, but rare or casual on the Atlantic" (A. O. U.). Nest, of grasses and down, on the ground. Eggs, two to six, soiled whitish, 4.40 x 2.80.

SPOONBILLS.

This species rarely occurs east of the Mississippi Valley. Its habits are said to resemble those of the preceding species, "but its cry is very different, resembling the notes of a French horn and being very sonorous."

The WHOOPING SWAN (179. Olor cygnus) is an Old World species which sometimes is found in Greenland. It differs from either of our Swans in having the "basal portion of the bill and entire lores yellow in the adult."