DCHP-3

blue wavey

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a white-headed, gray color phase of the snow goose, Chen hyperborea, breeding on the Arctic islands.

Quotations

1743
Blew wy'wes, so calld, which they style (Kurskatawawawuck) is of a Blewish Colour intermix't with Black and white feathers. . . .
1932
He found great numbers of swans nesting at Cape Low, when he landed there in August, 1902: and during the fall of that year saw great quantities of white and blue wavies.