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AQUATIC FOWL. 



THE LARGE CHINESE, OB HONG KONG GOOSE, 



Is, perhaps, the largest of the tribe, and has been but recently 

 known here. They were first introduced by the Ornithological 

 Society of London, from China, and are found unusually prolific, 

 breeding at all seasons of the year, and cross with considerable 

 advantage on our domestic goose. It is usual to have their young 

 fit for the table at Christmas. As with all the Asiatic geese, they 

 are furnished with the horny knot between the beak and forehead. 

 Their prevailing colour is gray, with a longitudinal stripe of brown, 

 running above the back of the neck, belly white, feet flesh colour. 

 A bird somewhat resembling them has been long known to us as 

 the Poland goose, but quite inferior in size and appearance. 



