238 BREMEN GEESE. 



successful with them, owing, as I fancied, to my haying no water for 



them, except a rapid running stream. A quiet lake I believe to be 



more to their taste, and more conducive to the fecundity of the eggs. 



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This bird deserves to rank in the first class of ornamental poultry, 

 and would be very prolific under favorable circumstances. 



Dr. E. Wight, Dedham, Mass., is in possession of a pair of 

 tliis variety, recently imported. 



AMERICAN WILD GOOSE. 



Who is there that has not seen these noble birds in their 

 migrations from the solitary lakes and rivers of Canada, to the 

 warmer regions of the South ? They seem to be possessed of 

 a rare instinct in the order in which they take their flight. A 

 leader, an old gander of sagacious demeanor, is chosen to take 

 the lead, and if he be killed on the wing, his followers break 

 their order of flight, and alight to choose another leader. In 

 the spring they return to their haunts in the waters of the 

 undisturbed wilderness to breed. They even extend their 

 flight as far north as the coast of Spitzbergen and Labrador, 

 and many are found in the Hudson Bay territory. 



BREMEN GEEBE. 



It is quite doubtful whether we have any more valuable 

 breed of geese than this noble stock. They were first imported 

 to this country in 1820, from the interior of Germany, and 



