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be a hydrid, produced by the Canada goose and the brant ; the ether is of a dark 

 cinerous colour, and is rather smaller than the wild goose. 



The anas cygnoides orientals, or Muscovy gandei, breeds with the common 

 Soose ; and the anas aegyptiaca, about the size of the common goose, is a beau- 

 tiful bird ; they are common in gentlemen's ponds in England, and might be in- 

 troduced into this country. 



A variety of the anas boschas, or common due':, with a hooked bill, is kept ia 

 Germany, almost to the exclusion of the common sort. The french, or gray 

 duck, is much larger than the common. 



The swan is domesticated in Europe, and has been brought here. Neither 

 this bird nor the wild goose will breed, unless measures are taken to accommo- 

 date them with appropriate places for that purpose. Islets oujht to be made in 

 their ponds, surrounded with high grass, in order that they may be allured to 

 make their nests, and where they may sit without disturbance. 



Dr. Barton says, that the Indians of Carolina had domesticated a large bird of 

 the family of the grallee, or waders, and no doubt several birds of this genus 

 might be reclaimed from their wild state, and rendered useful. 



The hoco cpes by different names : it is called curasso in Brazil, and in Suri- 

 nam it is called the powesa, and peacoxrk pheasant ; it is about the size of a 

 common turkey ; is a beautiful bird ; the flesh is excellent ; it is the crax alec- 

 tor of Linnaeus. Scudder has a beautiful specimen in his museum. It is sold at 

 Parimariebo for more than a guinea a-piece, and it ought to be naturalized 

 here. 



The peruvian hen, or crax rubra, has been introduced into England. The 

 ficsh is white, and esteemed good. The climate of that country is supposed not 

 to be warm enough for it, as the toes are apt to rot off. Beside these, there are 

 in Guiana and Brazil, a new species of dunghill hens from the interior, the yacon 

 of Cayenne, which is larger than a fowl, and breeds in a domestic state, the din 

 don, or meleagris cristata of Linnaeus, which inhabits Brazil, where it is tamed, 

 and the flesh is much liked ; the parraka of Buffon, and hannaquam of Bancroft, 

 the size of a small fowl, its flesh good, and it is in a domestic state ; and also le 

 marail of Buffon, and marrodee of Bancroft, about the dimensions of a fowl. ] 

 cim not certain but that some of these are the same bird under a different name 

 If our climate is too cold for them, they may answer in the southern states. 



It may also be considered a general rule that all birds of the columba genuf 

 may be domesticated. Our poultry may, in this respect, be greatly improved 

 hot only in variety, but in size. 



The great crowned indian pigeon (columba coronata) has been brought to 

 Europe alive from the East Indies, where it is kept as domestic poultry. It i? 

 as large as a turkey. 



