////; WHirS-FRONTBD GOOSE. 



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next com.- tin- legs of the bird h:ui-iiik r out, and iu it growetb great- i it <>]><-ti<-th tin- -li.-l 



by degrees, till at l.-n-th it is all :tli and hang-el h only by tin- Kill . in 



after it commt-th to full matiiritir, and fall.-th into the sea, where it pit heivth f> >nd 



groweth to a fowle, bigp > than a mallard ami less thun a gooae For th-' truth 



hen-of, if any doubt, may it please tliem tn re|iire unto me, ami I shall satisiir tliem l>y the 

 testuiioiii.- of good witnesses." 



The I ..rni.-le Gooae generally assembles in large Hocks and haunts large nit marshes : 

 the coast, and feeds on grasses and various algte. It is a very wary bird and not easih 

 :. | Broached. The eggs of this species are large and white. The flesh is considered good. The 

 bill of tin- IWnicie Goose is black, with u reddish streak on each side. The cheeks and throat 

 are white, a black streak runs from the beak to the eye, the upjH-r jturts are boldly marked 

 with black an<l white, and the lower parts are white. It is rather a small bird, the total length 

 barely exceeding two feet 



There are many other species of Geese which visit even the far northern countries of 



BOTPT1AN OOOM.-C 



Europe in more or less abundance, among which may be mentioned the EGYPTIAN GOOSK 

 (Chenalopex <egyptiaoa\ the Brent Qonse(Bernida, brentd), the K<-<1 breasted Goose (Bcrnida 

 ruflcotti*\ the Canada Goose (Bernida canaden*is\ the Pink-footed Goose (Arucr brarlnj 

 rhynchu*), remarkable for its pinky feet and -hort an 1 narrow beak, the White-fronted Gooae 

 (Ansfr erythropu*\ and the Chinese Goose (Anser rygnaidtt\ 



THK Wimr n:o\ m > GOOSE (Anser aJbift' nbeli), inhabits the North 



American continent ^enornlly. )in-.-<linu r fir north : wintering in the 1'nif. - an-l Cuba. 



Durini: the winter many thotisiri'l^nf ihi- ^j,.. ( .ie8 are seen in California, and also al<>m: tin- 

 whole Pacific coast. Tln-y an- call.-l S]v-kle<l-lM-l]ies there, where they are associat. : usually 

 with the Snow and Ilntchen's Goose, ha vinir tli.- - ;-Tal habits. Tli-ir tl'-'i i- e.pially 



good with the other species. According to Hicianl-o!i. it bn^nls far t<. tli.- n.-rth. in \\oody 

 districts beyond the 07th iirallel. Dall found it \--\\ <, .uimon on the Yukon Hi\-i. arriving 



