GEESE. 179 



Back, dark grey; necks, darker grey; wings 

 and belly should shade off to white, but there 

 should be little actual white visible; hills, pale 

 flesh-colour, hard and strong; legs a.nd feet, deep 

 orange, approaching to red. 



"The weight of these birds, by careful feeding 

 and management, has become extraordinary ; 74 

 lbs. for three birds has been attained. The cup 

 gander at Birmingham in 1859 weighed 33 lbs., 

 and in 1860, 30 lbs.; the three, 71 lbs. The 

 weight of geese may be from 20 to 25 lbs. 



"Goslings, at Michaelmas, often weigh 20 to 

 22 lbs. "J. K. FowLEE." 



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There are several semi-domesticated varieties of 

 Geese. The only one I consider of any utility is 

 the Chinese ; it lays a great number of eggs, and 

 a cross between it and the Toulouse gives a deli- 

 cious bird for the table. Their time of incuba- 

 tion is about 35 days. 



