THE s^vllD^Na, ok natatorial group. 1G7 



eastwarclly to Persia, and, we believe, is gene- 

 rally dispersed over Asia Minor." 



The grey-lag exceeds the other species -wliicli 

 •we have alluded to, in size, and is sometimes 

 found to weigh ten pounds ; the general plu- 

 mage is cinereous ; the shoulders and rump, 

 light grey ; breast and belly, white, sometimes 

 spotted with black ; the bill, two and-a-half 

 inches long ; more robust, deeper, broader, and 

 the laminae much more developed than in the 

 bean goose, and of a dull yellow, inclining to 

 flesh colour towards the nail, which is white ; 

 in summer, the bill assumes a redder tint ; legs 

 and feet, pale flesh colour ; wings, when 

 closed, even with the end of the tail. The 

 young of this species are darker than the 

 adults, but the grey upon the shoulders and 

 rump, the form of the bill, and colour of the 

 legs and feet, will always distinguish them 

 from the young of any of the other species. 



The domestic goose is a bird of no little 

 importance. It not only figures with accept- 

 ance at the table, but its feathers are of great 

 commercial value, and for the sake of them 

 alone, thousands are kept in different counties, 

 in order to meet, in some measure, the demands 

 of the market, which nevertheless receives 



