CANADA GOOSE. 



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NATATORES. 



AISIATIDJE. 



THE CANADA GOOSE, 

 OR Cravat Goose. 



Anas Canadensis, Canada Goose, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 293, 

 Ariser ,, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 128. 



Cvgnus, ,, ,, Swaji, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 227. 



So frequently are specimens of the Canadian Goose shot 

 which do not exhibit either in their actions or plumage any 

 marks of having escaped from confinement, 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 selected by them- 



