ANSERES. 



CANADA GOOSE. 



295' 



AN AT IT) jE. 



Beenicla canadensis (Linnaeus*). 

 THE CANADA GOOSE. 



Anser Canadensis. 



The Canada Goose is a species which has been well known 

 in a state of domestication since the time of Willughby, who 

 describes and figures a bird living in St. James's Park. Yet, 

 in the opinion of the Author, so frequently are specimens of 

 the Canada Goose shot which do not exhibit either in their 

 actions or plumage any signs of having escaped from confine- 

 ment, and so often are flocks seen in different parts of the 

 country, apparently in a naturally wild state, some pairs of 

 which in the season produce and rear their young in places 



* Anas canadensis, Liunieus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 198 (1766). 



