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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE CRAVAT GOOSE. 



CANADA GOOSE. 



(Anser Canadensis, Flem. L'Oie a Cravate, Buff.) 



THIS is less than the Swan Goose, but taller and 

 longer than the Tame Goose. Average weight 

 about nine pounds; length about three feet six 

 inches ; bill dark, and two inches and a half long : 

 irides hazel: head and neck black, with a crescent- 

 shaped white band on the throat, which tapers 

 off to a point on each side below the cheeks, to the 

 hinder part of the head: the whiteness of this 

 cravat is heightened by its contrast with the dark 

 surrounding plumage; this mark also distinguishes 

 it from others of the Goose tribe. All the upper 



