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452.— EMPEROR GOOSE. Philacte cauagica. 



Abroad, ist IMaauvv. Holland, 1915. Sec A.M. 1916, p. 278. 







453. — CANADA GOOSE. Uniiita canadensis. W.T.P. 



HYBR1D.S. 



CANADA GOOSE x " Italian While Goose," i.e. DOMESTIC GOOSE. 

 W.T.P. 

 X Canada Goose (Chinese Goose). 







454.— HUTCH INS' GOOSE B. hutcliinsi. W.T.P. 

 Hybrids. 

 X Hutchins' Goose (Bernacle Goose). 



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455.— BERNACLE GOOSE. B. leucopsis. W.T.P. 



HVP.RID.^. 



BERNACLE x BAR-HEADED GOOSE. W.T.P. 

 X HUTCHINS' GOOSE. W.T.P. 

 x WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. W.T.P. 

 X Bernacle (Dwarf Goose). 



To be continued. 

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My Weavers — Past and Present. 



Bv S. Williams, F.Z.S. 



Returninj;- home after niy summer holiday it was quite a 

 natural thin^' to visit my aviary and see how the birds had fared 

 during' my absence. Although, having left a friend in charge 

 who was competent to attend to them, I wished to satisfy myself 

 all was well. 



Standing by the flight and smoking my pipe in the 

 sunshine my thoughts wandered back to pre-war days. I was 

 then the proud possessor of a very fine, if not the best collection 

 of Weavers and Whydahs owned at one time by any aviculturist. 

 Twenty different varieties of Weavers and six varieties of 

 Whydahs were enjoying themselves in my garden aviary. 

 Several rare species v^^ere in this collection, viz ; — 



