GUINEA, OR SWAN GOOSE. 



OP the Goose tribes we shall select, for de- 

 scription, only the Barnacle Goose, and the 

 Guinea, or Swan Goose. Various fabulous ac- 

 counts are given of the Barnacle Goose. Some 

 authors have asserted, that the birds are pro- 

 duced from shells which grow on the bottoms 

 of ships that have been long at sea, and on 

 wood that has remained for a considerable time 

 in the water : others have stated, very gravely, 

 that the Barnacle Goose grew on trees ; that 

 the fruit fell into the water, when ripe, and be- 

 came living birds. Barnacle Geese are found 

 in the temperate regions in hard winters ; but 

 they depart, with numbers of other water-fowl, 

 at the approach of spring, to breed in more 

 northern latitudes. 



The Guinea, or Swan Goose, is remarkable 

 for the proud and erect carriage of its body. 

 It has a knob of considerable size on the base 



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