82 GOOSANDER. 



or carries them thither in her bill if the nest has 

 been in the hollow of a tree, and at once commences 

 their education. 



The males appear to leave the females when the 

 latter have begun to sit, and do not rejoin them till 

 the summer is over: while absent they are only accom- 

 panied by one or two females, if any. 



