BLUE GOOSE. 



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growing purer and less intermingled with dark feathers 

 as the bird grows older. 



This is one of the so-called brant of the Mississippi 

 Valley, and is known by a number of names, among 

 which are blue brant, bald-headed goose, white-headed 

 goose, oie bleu and bald brant. Being confined to the 

 inland districts of the country, it is shot chiefly on the 

 stubbles or the sand bars or in corn fields. 



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