Clafs II. GOOSE. 447 



III. The GOOSE. 



L'Oye privee, L'Oye Sauvage. Periia <wypufchiat. R u fs. N. Com. 



Belon a<v. 156. 158. Petr. iv. 418. 



Gefner a<v- 142. 158. Wild ganfs, Einheimifche ganfs. 



Aldr. anj. in. 42. 67. Kram. 338. 



Tame Goofe, common wild Anas anfer manfuetus — ferus. 



Goofe. Wil.orn. 358. fp. 1, 2. Lin.fyjl. 197. 



Raiijyn. av. 136. _/£>. 3, 4. Gas. — will gas. Faun. Suec. fp. 



L'Oye domeftique,l'Oyefauvage. 1 14. 



Brijfm wu. vi. 262, 265. Crantzs Greenl. i. 80. 



Oca domeftica, Salvatica, Balet- Dank Tarn Gaas. Brunnkb 55. 



ta. Zinan. 104. Br. Zoo/, ijo. 



THE goofe, in its wild ftate always retains the 

 fame marks : the whole upper part is afli-co- Defer, 

 lored, or brown a little clouded: the bread and belly 

 are of a dirty white: the vent feathers, and thofe in- 

 cumbent on the tail are of a pure white : the quil fea- 

 thers and the tail are dusky-, the latter edged with 

 white: the bill is very narrow, the bafe and nail black: 

 the' middle red j the legs a faffron color, the claws 

 black. In the tame ftate, geefe as well as other 

 domeftic animals vary almoft infinitely in their marks; 

 but thefe birds ever retain the white ring round their 

 tail, a fign of their origin from the wild kincl: they 

 are faid to be very long lived. Mr. Willoughby gives 

 an example of one that attained eighty years. The 

 wild fpecies breed, as we imagine, in the retired parts 

 of the north of Europe: in the beginning of winter 

 they light and feed on corn grounds: they fiy a great 

 heighth, and preferve great regu'arity in their motion, 

 fometimes forming a ftrait line; at others affhming 

 the fhape of a wedge, which facilitates their progrefs ; 



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