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CANADA GOOSE. 



CRAVAT GOOSE. 



PLATE CLXXXVI. PIG. II. 



Anser Canadensis, FLEMING. 



Anas Canadensis, BEWICK. 



Oygnus Canadensis, JENTNS. 



THE Canada Goose makes for herself, or rather for her expected 

 brood, a ' downy bed' of feathers, within a structure of dry plants of 

 different kinds. It is of large size, and raised to the height of several 

 inches. It is begun to be built in March or April, and is placed among 

 deep grass, near the water. Audubon mentions his having found one 

 on the stump of a large tree, standing in the middle of a small pond, 

 and at a height of about twenty feet. Occasionally they build in the 

 old nests of other large birds; and while the hen sits her consort 

 keeps sailing about over the water in the neighbourhood, but not coming 

 very close to the nest. On the appearance of any danger he exhibits 

 much anxiety for his family. 



The eggs are sat upon by the end of May or the beginning of June. 

 They are generally six or seven in number, but as many as nine have 

 been found: they are of a dull white colour. 



The figure on the plate is from a specimen laid in St. James's Park. 



