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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, during 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. 



FALCO PALTJMBABITJS, Lin. 



The Goshawk 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 



