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of water so beautifully adapted for the domestication and in- 

 troduction of every kind of water fowl whicli will bear the 

 climate of Great Britain. Of very large extent, it is em- 

 bossed in beautiful shrubbery, perfectly recluse, and, even in 

 the nearly constant observance of a resident family, several 

 exotic species seem to look on it as their own. The Canada 

 and Egyptian Geese both had young when I visited it, and 

 the lovely Ayias (De7idronessa) sponsa* seemed as healthy 

 as if in her native waters." 



Canada Geese produced and reared their young in the 

 gardens of the Zoological Society in 1835, and a pair belong- 

 ing to the Ornithological Society have been productive in St. 

 James's Park, during the present season, 1841. The egg is 

 of a dull white colour, measuring three inches four lines in 

 length, and two inches four lines in breadth. The young 

 were observed to grow very rapidly. Willughby, whose 

 Ornithology was published in 1678, says of the Canada Goose, 

 " the name shows the place whence it comes. We saw and 

 described both this and the Spur-winged Goose among the 

 Kinof's wild-fowl in St. James's Park." 



The Canada Goose goes to very high northern latitudes in 

 summer. Captain Pliipps mentions having seen Wild Geese 

 feeding at the water's edge, on the dreary coast of Spitzbergen, 

 in latitude 80° 27' ; but these might be Bean Geese, which 

 are known to go there. Fabricius suspects that they are found 

 during summer in Greenland. They inhabit the northern 

 parts of North America. Immense flocks appear annually in 

 the spring in Hudson's Bay, and pass far to the north to 

 breed, and return southward in autumn. Pennant, in his 

 Arctic Zoology, says, numbers also breed about Hudson's 

 Bay, laying six or seven eggs each ; the young are easily 

 made tame. They proceed in their southern migration as far 

 as South Carolina, where they winter in the rice grounds. 

 * The Summer Duck, or Wood Duck of America. 



