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THE CANADA GOOSE. 



enlarges to 9 twelfths. The coeca are 9^ inches long, 7 twelfths in their 

 greatest width, but only 2 twelfths at the commencement, their extremity 

 narrow but obtuse. The rectum is 8^ inches long; there is no remarkable 



cloacal enlargement. 



The sternum is very similar to that of a Swan; its length 6^ inches, its 



