THE SPUR-WINGED GOOSE. 



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Another species of the same 2,Toup, long since intro- 

 duced into this country, but of much less frequent 

 occurrence than the last, is the Gambo or Spur-winged 

 Goose of Ray, Willughby, and Latham, a native of 

 northern, and more particularly of western, Africa. 

 This bird, which is not very well figured in Dr. La- 

 tham's Synopsis, agrees with the Canadian Goose in 

 some of those characters which connect the Geese w ith 

 the Swans, but is much more robust in make and more 

 anserine in general appearance. Its size and propor- 

 tions are nearly those of the Common Goose ; its legs 

 long and placed beneath the middle of the body ; and 

 its neck of moderate length and proportionate thickness. 

 At the base of the bill, which is broad and flat, it has a 

 tubercle like that of the tame Swan, increasino; in size 



