THE SPUR-WINGED GOOSE. 



A\SER GAMBEysis. Rav. 



Another species of the same group, 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 with 

 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, increasing in size 



