188 TREE-GOOSE. 



bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it 

 openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all 

 come forth, and hangeth only by the bill; in short 

 space after, it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth 

 into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth 

 to a fowl bigger than a Mallard, and lesser than a 

 Goose, which the people in Lancashire call by no 

 other name than a Tree-Goose ; which place afore- 

 said, and all those parts adjoining, do so much 

 abound therewith, that one of the best is bought 

 for three-pence/' So fully convinced was the sage 

 Gerard of the " truth hereof," that he closes his 

 account, with an invitation to all who doubted the 

 fact, to apply to him. " If any doubt, may it please 

 them to repair unto me, and I shall satisfie them by 

 the testimonie of good witnesses/' These shells are 

 represented in the annexed figure. 



Bernacle Goose-shell. (Lepas anatifera.') 



Of Swans we have three sorts: one, our well-known 

 tame species; the two others wild, called Hooper, 

 Whooper, or Whistling Swans, from their loud, 

 hoarse, and shrill cry, which has been expressed by 



