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anser), which till the end of the eighteenth century 

 bred in the fens of the counties of Cambridge and 

 Lincoln, and somewhat later in the last-named. Now 

 it only does so in Caithness, Sutherlandshire, and Ross- 

 shire including the Hebrides. Abroad it ranges from 

 Iceland to Kamtschatka and the Danube, while a few 



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pairs nest in Denmark, Holland, north Germany, and 

 even as far south as the Mediterranean. In Asia its 

 distribution is less certain, but it appears to reach 

 China and India. The flocks fly high in the shape of 

 the letter V, and, except when actually breeding, 

 several individuals are generally seen together. The 

 cry is often syllabled as " honk-honk," but the bird 

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