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about the size of the common goose, is white in color, and has 

 a peculiar development of some of the feathers of the body and 

 wings, this development of the plumage giving the variety its 

 ornamental character. A number of feathers on the back of this 

 bird are long and twisted, as if they had been loosely curled, and 

 lie in a wavy mass on the back and rump. The Egyptian Goose 

 is the smallest domestic goose. It is unlike other domestic geese 



FIG. 146. Sebastopol Geese on an English farm 



in being quite gaudy in color. It is found in the wild state and 

 also in domestication in many parts of Africa. Sebastopol and 

 Egyptian Geese are rare in this country. 



The Canada Goose, or American Wild Goose. Few persons in 

 America have not at some time seen a flock of wild geese flying 

 in wedgelike formation as they migrate in the spring and fall. 

 Their honking can often be heard when they cannot be seen. 

 Hunters watch for these flocks and, when they are flying low, 



