GMESE. 20B 



wingB, in this respect resembling the markings of the two sexes of the RooJi 

 goose {Bermda antarcUca) of Teirii del Fuego and the Falkland islands.* 



The teudenoy toward a white plumage would also be encouraged by the oustom 

 of plucking the feathers, as it has been noticed in birds of colored plumage that 

 the loss of a feather at other times than the moulting period, is liable to be fol' 

 lowed by the growth of a white feather in its place. 



THE TOULOUSE GOOSE. 



This is a large, gray goose, its color being brownish-gray on the back, and 

 lighter on the belly. The skin of the breast and belly shows a tendency to hang 

 in folds, as shown in the illustration on page 191, a tendency which detracts 

 from the value of the breed for market purposes, as it gives the impression of 

 greater age than the goose may actually possess. 



The Toulouse goose has come to us by way of England, where it has been bred 

 for many years. Its name would indicate a French origin, were not the geo- 

 graphical names of fowls so misleading. It is easily fattened, sometimes reaching 

 a weight of sixty pounds to the pair, and its cross with the common goose is 

 thought to be even larger than the pure breed. 



THE EMBDEN, OB BREMEN OOOSE. 



This large, white goose is probably of Dutch origin, as its name indicates ; Mr. 

 Hewitt (English) states that his best specimens were imported from Holland) 

 while the first ever brought to America were Imported from Bremen by John 

 Giles, of Providence, B. I., and Colonel Samuel Jaques, of Medford, Mass., some 

 sixty years ago. 



Mr. Hewitt gives this breed a decided preference over the Toulouse, on account 

 of their white, feathers (both sexes being pure white), which are worth more in 

 market than colored ones, and on account of the absence in the young birds of 

 the pendant abdominal pouch of the Toulouse, and their earlier laying. 



In weight the two breeds run very closely together, and either is undoubtedly 

 a great improvement over the common goose. 



THE SEBASTOPOl GOOSE. 



This goose is remarkable for its peculiar curled plumage, which is better rep- 

 resented in the cut (see page 203) than it can be by a verbal description. In size 

 the Sebastopol goose is small, its chief merit being its oddity. In color it is pure 

 white. 



It was first exhibited in England in 1860, by Mr, T. H. D. Bayly, who imported 

 it from Sebastopol. In this country it is sometimes called the Banubian goose, 

 and is said to be common along the Danube. 



THE CANADA OK AMEKICAN WILD GOOSE. 



This goose, as previously stated, belongs to a difierent species from the forego- 

 ing, a fact further emphasized by its failure to produce a fertile oross with the 

 common goose. _^_^^.^^____________^„____ 



"Saiwin, Variation of Animals and Plants, etc., Vol/I., p. 308. 



