THE CANADA GOOSE 



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families which compose the order, giving slight no- 

 tices to others as occasion may offer. 



We will commence with the Canada Goose, a very 

 abundant species in the Northern, Middle, and 

 Western States, at some seasons of the year. During 





Summer, these birds seek the more remote district 

 of Labrador, where they breed, returning, however, 

 at the first approach of cold, and distributing them- 

 selves throughout a vast extent of country to the 

 southward during Winter. 



The habits of this bird are quite interesting, and 



