CANADA GOOSE. 71 



CANADA GOOSE. 



CRAVAT GOOSE. 

 PLATE CLXXXVI. FIGURE II. 



Anser Canadensis, FLEMING. 



Anas Canadensis, BEWICK. 



Cygnus Canadensis, JENYNS. 



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. 



