588 ANSER. GOOSE. 



elliptical, and white, variously tinged. The male remains 

 ■with the female and young. The Geese appear to moult 

 only once yearly, in the end of summer. Their flesh is 

 highly esteemed, although difficult to be digested. As no 

 two species agree precisely in the form of the bill, I see no 

 reason for separating the Snow Goose from this genus, of 

 which five species are met with in Britain. 



