GEESE: COLLECTIVELY AND 

 INDIVIDUALLY 



ELEVEN kinds of geese have been killed in our 

 islands. Of these five have occurred so sparingly 

 that they cannot be said to demand our attention. 



Two the brent and the bernacle of the remain- 

 ing six are known as black geese ; the others as grey 

 geese. 



All the geese are day-feeding birds ; they will, 

 however, feed during moonlight nights. 



The sex of wild geese cannot be determined by 

 their plumage. The females are rather shorter in 

 length and less in weight than the males. 



THE BEAN GOOSE (Anser segetuiri) 



This goose is about 30 inches in length. The bird 

 may be distinguished from other grey geese by hav- 

 ing the bean or shield at the tip of the beak black, 



