CANADA GOOSE. 



wild goose. 

 Branta canadensis. 



Char. Mantle grayish brown, the feathers with paler edges ; head and 

 neck black, a broad white patch on the throat; tail black, tail-coverts 

 white ; under parts gray, shading to white on the under tail-coverts ; bill 

 and legs black. Length about 36 inches. 



Nest. In a variety of situations, but usually on the ground and made 

 of twigs and grass loosely laid and lined with feathers and down. 



^gg^' 5-7 ; pale dull green ; 3.50 X 2.50. 



The Common Wild Goose of America is known familiariy in 

 every part of the Union as a bird of passage to and from its 

 breeding-places in the interior and north of the continent. The 

 arrival of these birds in the desolate fur countries of Hudson 

 Bay is , anxiously looked for and hailed with joy by the abo- 

 rigines of the woody and swampy districts which they frequent, 

 who depend principally upon them for subsistence during the 



