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PLATE CCXXXVII. 



SWAN GOOSE. 



ANSER GUINEENSIS. 



The Swan Goose having been figured by Bewick as a 

 partly-naturalized species, we admitted it as such into our 

 quarto edition of British Birds ; consequently, having pro- 

 mised to figure every subject that we introduced in our 

 former work, we cannot very well omit it at present. 



According to the best authenticated statements, the 

 Swan Goose was brought over to Britain from the coast of 

 Guinea, and it has apparently thriven very well in this 

 country, as it may be met with in many farm-yards, on 

 the borders of ornamental pieces of water, and even in cot- 

 tage grounds. 



Its chief haunts or preferred localities are grassy mea- 

 dows, commons, and the banks of inlets and ditches with 

 running water, where it feeds principally on grasses and 



