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APPENDIX. 
Tut following technical descriptions are taken 
mainly from ‘ Giraud’s Birds of Long Island,” a 
work that is now almost out of print, but which is 
more valuable to the student of nature than some of 
its more pretentious rivals; and I have interpolated 
such suggestions and made such alterations as my 
experience dictated and the purposes of this work 
demanded. A discourse on the wild-fowl of the 
Northern States hardly seemed complete without 
such a description of them as would enable the sports- 
man to distinguish one from another ; and yet it was 
not within the purview of a work intended for 
sportsmen, to devote much attention or many of its 
pages to ornithology. This is therefore condensed 
into an Appendix, where it will not trouble the 
general reader, but will be easy of reference when the 
information it contains is wanted. 
THE GOosE. 
Genus Anser, Briss. 
Generic Distinctions——In this class of birds, the 
bill is shorter than the head, rather higher than 
broad at the base; head small, compressed ; neck 
long and slender; body full; feet short, stout, and 
