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GREY-LAG GOOSE. 
WILD-GOOSE. GREY-LAG WILD-GOOSE. 
Anser palustris, FLEMING. SELBY. 
<  ferus, JENYNS. 
Anas anser, PENNANT. 
< ferus, Montacu. 
Anser—A Goose. Paiustris—Belonging to marshes, 
Tue good old-fashioned name of the Grey-lag Goose, shall 
not by me be set aside for that which more commends itself 
to modern ‘ears polite.’ One who is not ashamed of, but 
feels it a pride to bear the time-honoured title of Parson, 
the denomination, in the ancient dialect of the country, of 
the Person, the principal person of the parish by virtue of 
his office, must extend, as far as he has it in his power, 
the protection of print over the vernacular name of the 
bird of the grey lag, whose grey wing has so long been 
celebrated in the old poem, which will still last when many 
a modern one shall have been consigned to oblivion. Since 
writing the above, I perceive that Sir William Jardine has 
expressed a similar preference on a like ground. 
The Grey-lag Goose breeds in the southern parts of Norway 
and Sweden, and visits Iceland. It occurs also, but not 
commonly, in France, Switzerland, and Holland, and is said 
to be more plentiful in Germany, in Prussia, Pomerania, 
Saxony, and Silesia. 
In Asia, it is reported to be found in Persia, China, and 
Japan, and along the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, 
and the Dead Sea. In Africa also it is seen in the northern 
and north-western parts. . 
