GOOSE-FARMING IN ENGLAND. 



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large-bodied birds. The flesh of geese is so very 

 difterent from that of fowls, that this appears 

 exceedingly questionable, and still more so that 

 the cross is likely to be of any service to breeders 

 of the recognised varieties. 



The so-called Egyptian goose has been 



run is good. The Magellan is fairly good- 

 tempered, but the Cereopsis gander is sometimei 

 dano-erous. The Bar-headed goose comes from 

 Indfa, is also of slight and graceful build, and 

 marked by three black bands at the back of its 

 white head. The Gambian goose has a knob on 





Sebastopol and C.iml nn Gtese 



already referred to as in reality a large Shiel- 

 drake. Of several other "geese" often kept 

 upon ornamental waters, the Cereopsis goose of 

 Australia, and the Magellan goose, can also be 

 scarcely regarded as true geese. Of the latter, 

 a South American bird, there is a variety called 

 the Chilian : both stand high on the leg, are 

 prettily barred in the plumage, and graceful in 

 shape, and can be kept with little water if their 



the top of the head, something like, but farther 

 back than that of a swan, and a powerful bony 

 spur at the wrist -joint of the wing ; it has long 

 legs and stands very upright, the plumage being 

 chiefly white and black, the bill and legs dark 

 red. It is shy, but has been known to breed 

 in suitable circumstances. Several of the birds 

 here mentioned have been on rare occasions 

 exhibited, but are really only suitable for the 



