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BRITISH BIRDS. 



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"*.: &fc,ti)&Vtt 



THE SWAX GOOSE. 



CHINESE, SPANISH, GUINEA, OR CAPE GOOSE. 



(Anas Cygnotdes, Linn. L'Oic etc Gniiicc, Buff/ 



Is more than three feet in length, and of a size 

 between the Swan and the Common Goose: it is 

 distinguished from others of the Goose tribe by its 

 upright and stately deportment, by having a large 

 knob on the base of the upper mandible, and a 

 skin, almost bare of feathers, hanging down like a 

 pouch, or a wattle, under the throat:* a white line 



* The bird from which the above figure was taken, was without 

 this appendage. 



