THE CANADA GOOSE 235 
families which compose the order, giving slight no- 
tices to others as occasion may offer. 
We will commence with the Canada Goose, a very 
abundant species in the Northern, Middle, and 
Western States, at some seasons of the year. During 
Canada Goose. 
Summer, these birds seek the more remote district 
of Labrador, where they breed,—returning, however, 
at the first approach of cold, and distributing them- 
selves throughout a vast extent of country to the 
southward during Winter. 
The habits of this bird are quite interesting, and 
