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CITIZEN BIRD 



below, the head with a large white patch like a nap- 

 kin folded under the chin. 



Bill and feet black, the toes webbed like a 

 Duck's or tame Goose's ; but the wild Canada 

 Goose is not the kind that our tame Geese came 

 from. 



A Citizen of North America, and a 

 great traveller in spring and fall, 

 when flocks fly high overhead in 

 a wedge-shaped figure or in a 

 long line, with one old Gan- 

 der leading, and all crying 

 " honk, honk, honk ! " 

 The nest is placed on 

 the ground, some- 

 times on a tree 

 or cliff, in va- 

 rious parts of 

 the United 

 States and 

 Canada. The 

 flesh is excel- 

 lent for the ta- 

 ble, if the roast 

 Goose is a young 

 tender one, but be- 

 ware of an elderly Wild Goose ! 



Canada Goose. 



The American Herring Gull 



Length two feet. 



Plumage pure white, with a pearly-blue mantle on the back and 

 wings, the long feathers of the wings marked with black. 



Bill yellow, with a red spot, stout and hooked at the end. Feet 

 flesh-colored, the front toes webbed like a Duck's or Goose's, but 

 the hind toe very short indeed. 



In winter the head and neck streaked with gray. Young birds 

 all patched with gray and black, the bill black. 



A Citizen of North America, and a member of the guild of Sea 



