NORTHERN OCEAN. 
birds in fuch numbers, that the down and quills 
might have been procured in confiderable quanti- 
ties at a trifling expence; but tince the depopula- 
tion of the natives by the fmall-pox, which has 
alfo driven the few furvivors to frequent other 
parts of the country, no advantage can be made 
of thofe articles, though of confiderable value in 
England*. 
Gersr. There are no lefs than ten different Geek. 
{pecies of Geefe that frequent the various parts of 
Hudfon’s Bay during Summer, and are as follow: 
Firft, The Common Grey Goofe. Second, The 
Canada Goofe. Third, The White, or Snow 
Goofe. Fifth, The Blue Goofe. Sixth, The 
Laughing Goofe. Seventh, Thé Barren Goofe. 
Eighth, The Brent Goofe. Ninth, The Dunter; 
and Tenth, the Bean Goole. 
Common Grey Goose. This bird precedes 
every other fpecies of Goofe in thofe parts, and 
in fome forward Springs arrives at Churchill 
River fo early asthe latter end of April, but more 
commonly from the eleventh to the fixteenth of 
May; and in one year it was the twenty-fixth of 
May 
* Mr. Pennant, in treating of the Whiftling Swan, takes notice of the 
formation of the Windpipe; but on examination, the windpipes of both 
the fpecies which frequent Hudfon’s Bay are found to be exaétly alike, 
théugh their note is quite different. "he breaf-bone of this bird is diffe- 
rent from any other I have feen; fox inftead of being fharp and folid, like 
that ofa goofe, it is broad and hollow, Into this cavity the windpipe paffes 
from the valve, and reaching quite down to the abdomen, returns intothe 
cheft, and joins the lungs. Neither of the {pecies of Swan that frequent 
Hudfon’s Bay are mute: but the note of the larger is much louder and 
harfher than that of the fmaller. 
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Common 
Grey Gooie, 
