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black glossed with purple. Lin tin- throat, fn.ut <.f (he breast, and abdomen are whit.-. 

 it rath. -i e \ceeds the domestic (>ooae. 



In 



\V i iic ,u ;n i i ve at the true Geese, our tint representative being the CAPE BARRON GOOAR, 

 or CEREOPSIS, so called fn.ni tin- cciv whirh covers a large jx.iti. .n of the beak. This tin,- l.inl 

 is a native of New Holland, and is found, us it.s num.- implies, at Cape Barron IS| ; ,M.|, in 

 Bass' H M raits. !i is of large size, fattens easily, its flesh is good, ami it breeds without 

 ditliculty when in confinement, so that it possesses many of tin- qualification* for domestica- 

 tion. It has, 1 one drawback, f<r it is very quarrelsome, and its jiowerful lw.uk and 



lar-eiiimensioiis make it ;i dreaded foe in the ]x>iiltry-yanl. It feeds on frrass like thec. inninn 

 Goose, and requires l.nt litil.- .-an- on the part of the owner. ami if ii couM only \- induced to 

 la\ a.side its quarrelsome habits would U- quite an acquisition to our limited list of domestic 



I '. >r some time after its first discovery it was so fearless of man that it would suffer itself 

 to IH approached and knocked down with sticks, but it has now learned caution lhn.u-h 

 bitter experience, and ul the sigh) of n human Ix-huj seekl ttbt] bl i!u!. Aiih-.u-li . .ne .,f 

 the true (Jeese. it cares little for the water, and in this respect, as well as in others, resembles 

 the wadim: biids. The eggs of the Cereopsis are cream -col ore* 1, and the voice of tiie bird is 

 loud, hoarse, and has a decided trum]*-! tike tone that can be heard at a considemble 

 distance. 



The general color of this bird is brownish-gray, mottled on the bark with a lighter hue, 

 and sjMittcd with black on the wing-coverts and scapularies. On the head the gray fades 

 nearly into white. The bill i- short, sharp, and hard, an 1 can l>e used with great force as an 

 offensive ueapon. Its color is black, and it is covered with a very large greenish-yellow cere. 

 The legs ore pinkish and the eyes bright red. 



Tin <; I:\Y-LAO GOOSE is found in many parts of the world, and in a wild state make* occa- 

 sional visits to northern Europe, and it is probable that the Domestic (Jeese may derive somn 

 of their blood from the 

 other s|-cie8 of the 

 same gen us. The white 

 color of the adult Do- 



seems 

 to be the result of care- 



ful breed ini:. prohaMy 

 because white feathers 

 sell at a higher p; 

 than the dark and gray 

 pi 'irnes. In a state 

 of domestication the 

 Goose lives to a great 



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kindly l>ecomes strong- 

 ly attached to its 

 fri.-i.'is. and assumes 

 quite an eccentric 

 chanicter. Of the 

 breeding and manage- 

 ment of the Goose 

 nothing ran ba said in 

 these pages, the reader 



being referred to the numerous extant works on domestic poultry. When wild ita flavor is 

 not so delicate as after it has been domesticated and properly fed, and when a wild Goose is 

 shot in the northern climates the sportsman always buries it in the earth some hours before 

 VOL. a-n. 



GHAT LAO G006E.-J 



