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and diving well. The eggs, elongated in form, are from 

 four to eight in number, of a creamy colour when newly laid. 

 The male is about 4 pounds in weight, and over 2 feet 

 in length. It is black on the head, throat, back and pri- 

 maries; grey on the lesser and greater wing-coverts, rump 

 and tail; the rest of the body is pale buff; the bill and iris, 

 dull orange. The female is brown where her mate is black. 



GOOSE. See Gannet and Geese. 



THE GOSHAWK. See under Hawks. 



THE GREAT DOUCKER. See Diver (Great 

 Northern). 



THE GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. See under 

 Divers. 



THE GREAT PLOVER. See Thick-knee. 



THE GREAT SHRIKE. See under Shrikes. 



THE GREAT SNIPE. See Snipe (Common), 



