THE BEAN GOOSE — EIDER-DUCK. 127 



Where the waters forth gushing, in murmurs down 



fell, 

 The Thrush a sweet music pour'd out in the dell. 



in the summer season with its young, many in number, swim- 

 ming after it; on the least alarm, both young and old dive with 

 singular dexterity, and remain under the water for a considerable 

 time. 



The Segetum, Bean Goose, or Small Grey Goose, is of an ash- 

 colour; from two and a half to three feet long; a native of 

 Hudson's Bay and the Hebrides; in autumn, comes to England 

 in flocks, and is destructive to corn. The Erythropus, Berna- 

 cle, Clakis, or Canada Goose, is found in Europe, sometimes in 

 America, and in the winter on our sea coasts. Length two feet 

 or more ; the upper parts of the body black, so also is the tail ; 

 front white. Breeds in Greenland, Lapland, &c. — The Berni- 

 cla, Brent Goose, Brand Goose, Rat, or Road Goose, or Clatter 

 Goose, is brown, the head, neck, and breast, black ; collar white; 

 a native of North America, Asia, and Europe ; migrates south- 

 erly in autumn ; flies in wedge-shaped flocks, with perpetual 

 cackling; flesh, when tamed, good. 



The Molissima, Edder, Eider-Duck, Eider Goose, Cuthbert 

 Duck, or Colk, is found in the northern parts of Europe, Asia, 

 and America ; length twenty-two inches ; bill cylindrical, cere 

 divided behind and wrinkled. The male is white above, but 

 black beneath and behind; the female greenish; the eggs some- 

 what less than those of a goose, are five, greenish, in a nest 

 strewed with its own down taken chiefly from the breast; time 

 of incubation a month ; flesh and eggs good. Rarely if ever 

 seen in the south of England; it breeds in Scotland, particularly 

 on the Western Isles ; and on Farn Islands, on the coast of 

 Northumberland; it has also been seen in Norfolk. 



The Eider-Duck is a long lived bird ; it has been observed 

 to occupy the same nest for twenty years successively; the 

 down is the lightest and warmest known ; that termed live down. 



