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lake. It occurs on the Chindwin and 

 Irrawaddy rivers, and in the latter river 

 it is abundant down to Myingyan at least. 



Outside our limits the Grey Lag-Goose 

 has an immense range from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific, extending far north in 

 Europe and Western Asia, but apparently 

 not above the 55th degree of latitude in 

 Eastern Asia. In winter it is found as far 

 south as the Mediterranean, the Caucasus, 

 Northern Persia, India and Southern 

 China. Our Indian visitors probably mi- 

 grate to Turkestan and Central Asia, where 

 this Goose is known to nest abundantly. 



The Grey Lag-Goose is a gregarious 

 bird, being found in parties which number 

 from half a dozen to several hundreds or 

 even thousands, but it does not associate 

 much, if at all, with other water fowl. 

 The food of the Goose is almost entirely 

 vegetable, and it spends most of its time 

 on land, feeding on crops in the mornings 

 and evenings, and resting during the day 

 on the shelving banks of some river or 

 lake. It is partial to tender grass, young 

 corn, beans and other vegetables, and in 

 a smaller degree to the shoots of water 

 plants. Both when feeding and when 

 resting during the day, Geese are par- 

 ticularly vigilant and difficult of approach. 



