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America, as they were feen at Aoonalajhka *, as well as at Kamt- 

 Jchatka j, but believe at neither of thefe places very common : 

 in plenty, in the fummer months, on the arclic coaft of ' Sibiria, 

 but never migrate beyond longitude 130 +. Suppofed to pafs 

 the winter in more moderate climes, as they have been feen 

 flying, at a great height, over Silefia ; probably on their paflage 

 to fome other country, as it does not appear that they continue 

 there : in like manner, thofe of America pafs the winter in Caro- 

 lina. Are by the Sibirians taken in nets, being decoyed there- 

 to by a perfon covered with a white fkin, and crawling on all 

 fours; when, others driving them, thefe jiufjd birds, added to 

 their miftaking the firft for their leader, follow him, where they 

 are entangled in the nets, or led into a kind of pound made on: 

 the occafion §. 



]r „ Great Goofe, Aril. Zool. p. 570. A. 



GREAT G. 



„ HPHIS is of a very large fize, weighing near twenty-five or' 



Description. J. . ... . 



thirty Ruffian pounds. The bill is black; bafe of it tawny: 



body dufky : under parts white : legs fcarlet. 



p This fpecies is found in the eaft of Sibiria, from the river Lena 



to Kamtjchatka, and is taken in great numbers, together with 



the Red-necked Goofe, in glades, as we do Woodcocks in England, 



but upon a larger fcale [[> 



* ElUs"! Narr. ii. p. 22. f Hijl. Kamt/ch. % Arc?. Zool. 



% Id. — The Kamtfchatkans ufe a fimilar method. See Hifi. Kamt/ch, p. 158. 

 U See Aril. Zool. — Pall. Trav. ii. p. 325. 



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