CANADA GOOSE. 



wild goose. 

 Br.'^nta canadensis. 



Char. Mantle grayish brown, the feathers with paler edges ; head and 

 neck black, a broad w^hite patch on the throat; tail black, tail-coverts 

 white ; under parts gray, shading to white on the under tail-coverts ; bill 

 and legs black. Length about 36 inches. 



Nest. In a variety of situations, but usually on the ground and made 

 of twigs and grass loosely laid and lined with feathers and down. 



Eggs. 5-7 ; pale dull green ; 3.50 X 2.50. 



The Common Wild Goose of America is known familiarly in 

 ever}^ part of the Union as a bird of passage to and from its 

 breeding-places in the interior and north of the continent. The 

 arrival of these birds in the desolate fur countries of Hudson 

 Bay is anxiously looked for and hailed with joy by the abo- 

 rigines of the woody and swampy districts which they frequent, 

 who depend principally upon them for subsistence during the 



