GEESE, AND THEIR VARIETIES. 



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rather more inclined to curl from the shoulder to the head, than in other 

 varieties ; the bill rs dark flesh color and the legs orange. Young birds 

 of the year have been made to weigh over forty poiuuls, and mature birds 



PAIR OF GRAY AFRICAN GEESE, 

 near sixty pounds. The average for breeding birds may be put at about 

 twenty pounds. They are early layers and may be made to rear two 

 broods in a season. 



