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GOOSE, WHITE-FRONTED. 
ANAS ALBIFRONS, Gmel. 
This species forms a part of those vast tribes of 
the feathered race which swarm about Hudson’s 
Bay, and the North of Europe and Asia, during 
the summer months, and are but thinly scattered 
over the other quarters of the globe. They visit 
the fens and marshy places in England, in small 
flocks, durmg the winter months, and disappear 
about the beginning of April. The eggs are of a 
dull yellowish green, with indistinct patches of a 
darker tint of the same colour; their length two 
inches and three quarters, their breadth an inch and 
three quarters. 
GOSHAWK. 
Fanco PaLUMBARIUs, Lin. 
This species is common in France, Germany, 
Switzerland, and Russia, and has been found breed- 
ing in Lapland. It is seldom met with in England, 
but is frequently found in the wild and moun- 
tainous districts of Scotland. By falconers it was 
considered the most courageous of the short-winged 
Hawks, and was accordingly trained to the pur- 
suit of Grouse, Pheasants, &c. Although it is 
nearly equal in size to the Jer Falcon, yet the 
shortness of its wings and its general contour 
