DUCK. 23/) 



These birds seem to occupy also the western side of America, as 

 they were seen at Aoonalashka,* as well as at Kamtschatka,t but 

 not common at either of those places. In the summer months are 

 plentiful on the Arctic Coast of Siberia, but never migrate westward 

 beyond latitude 130. J Supposed to pass the winter in more moderate 

 climes, as they have been seen flying, at a great height, over Silesia, 

 probably on their passage to some other country, as it does not 

 appear, that they continue there; in like manner those of America 

 pass the winter in Carolina ; are taken by the Siberians in nets, being 

 decoyed thereto by a person covered with a white skin, and crawling 

 on all fours, at the same time others drive them ; when these stupid 

 birds follow the first man, mistaking him for their leader, into the 

 net spread for them ; or by the same means are led into a pound, or 

 enclosed place made on the occasion. § 



According to Azara, they reach as far as Paraguay, but do not seem 

 to be common there; yet a small flock has been seen towards 28 deg. 

 of lat. but they are very common about the River Plata ; the cry like 

 that of a Common Goose; are very shy, their flesh not thought 

 good, and their quills too weak for writing pens, although of suffi- 

 cient size. Male and female alike. 



M. Temminck says, they are found chiefly within the Arctic Circle, 

 and pass regularly into the eastern parts of Europe ; met with now 

 and then in Prussia and Austria ; not found in Holland. 



17- GREAT GOOSE. 



Anas grandis, Ind. Orn. ii. 837. Gm. Lin. i. 504. 

 Great Goose, Gen. Syn. vi. 446. Arct. Zool. ii. 570. A. 



THIS is a large bird, and weighs twenty-five or thirty Russian 

 pounds. The bill is black, gibbous at the base, and tawny ; on the 



* Ellis's Narrat. ii. p. 22. f Hist. Kamtsch. % Arct. Zool. 



% Id. The Kamtschatkans use a similar method. See Hist. Kamtsch. p. 158. 



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