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to nearly white on tlie belly ; and the wing-quills and tail arc almost black. The eye is greyish 

 brown, and the legs and feet blackish grey, or almost black. The legs are rather long, and the 

 carriage noble and commanding. On the water the swan-like outline is very conspicuous. 



The common English breeds are by no means uncommon in the United States, but the 

 Canada Goose is generally said to do much better. It is not such a continuous grazer as the 



THE CANADA GOOSE. 



Enghsh Goose, being more fond of marshes and aquatic plants. The flesh is excellent, and the 

 breed most easily domesticated, while the management need not differ from that of other kinds. 

 As an ornamental water-fowl it has long been kept in many places, but there appears' no reason 

 whatever why it should not be regarded as part of the regular stock of the farm-yard. There are, 

 perhaps, hardly enough data to warrant such a conclusion ; but we have heard it stated by good 

 authorities that the Canada Goose, after a little breeding in confinement, is found to produce much 

 more delicate flesh than either of the common breeds, and at least as economically so far as 



