CANADA GOOSE. 



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NATATORES. 



THE CANADA GOOSE, 



OR CRAVAT GOOSE. 



Anser Canadensis. 



Anas Canadensis, Canada Goose, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 293. 

 Anser FLEM. Brit. An. p. 128. 



Cygnus Swan, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 227. 



So frequently are specimens of the Canadian Goose shot 

 which do not exhibit either in their actions or plumage any 

 signs of having escaped from confinement, and so often 

 are flocks seen in different parts of the country, apparently 

 in a naturally wild state, some pairs of which in the 

 season produce and rear their young in places selected by 



