276 Agricultural Gazette of S.S.W. [April 2, 190S. 



ClIAI'TER IT. 



Breeds and Varieties. 



'riicre are quite a iiuiiil)ei' oi l)ice(ls df wild and (lomcsticatcfl geese. 

 Tlu' Ijcst-kiiowu of tlie latter ai'o Toulousi', I'hiihiien, ^Vfrican or Cape, 

 Ciiinese, Egyptian, Sebastopo], and Canadian. 



TJui Toiilonse, as the name iiniilics, is called after that city, in the south of 

 France, where they are hred in cniisiderahlc Muiiihcrs. 'I'liev are the largest 

 of all the goose ti'ihe, good Kiiglish spi cinicns weighing from 1*0 to 2") Ih. 



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•or more each. Ihey are massive, square, and heavv. with a hroad long- 

 back, ])i'n(lant breast, and so tleep in keel that the underpart of old 

 specimens touch the ground. The licad is broad and dce|i, and the buck, 

 tliighs, and wings of a dark steel-grey colour, laced with a lighter shade. 

 The wing (lights and breast a solid grey, shading lighter towards the thighs: 

 stern, underparts, and tail white, with a bar of grev across the centre ; beak, 

 legs, and feet are orange. This bre(>d usually lay frum 10 to .50 eggs in the 

 year. Both sexes are coloured alike, and there is niuch dillicultv during 

 the tirst vear in determining the .sex. This breed are nearer non-setters 

 than any otbci- variety, yet some make gond mothers. 'V)fr goslijigs are 

 ^reenisli-vellow in colour, and hardy. 



