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The Book of Woodcraft 



Wild Goose, Canada Goose or Honker 



is one of the wildest 

 and most beautiful of 

 ducks. It nests in hol- 

 low trees and is found 

 in North America up to 

 about latitude 50 de- 

 grees. ( 



Wild Goose, Canada 

 Goose or Honker (Branta 

 canadensis). This fine 

 bird is about three feet 

 long. Its head and neck 

 are black; its cheek 

 patch white; its body 

 gray; its tail black with 

 white coverts above and 

 below. It is found up 

 to the Arctic regions, 

 and breeds north of 

 about latitude 45 de- 

 grees. It is easily tamed 

 and reared in captivity. 



Swan. There are two 

 kinds of Swan found in 

 America: The Trum- 

 peter {Olor buccinator), 

 which is almost extinct, 

 is very large and has a 

 black bill, and the Whis- 

 tling Swan (Olorcolumbi- 

 anus), which is smaller 

 — about five feet long 

 and seven feet across. 

 Its plumage is pure 



