BookIIL Olj&tlTHOLOqX. I** 



§. VII. 



The Canada Qoofe. 



ITs length from the point of theBill to the end of the Tail, or of the Feet is forty 

 two inches. The Bill it (elf from the angles of the mouth is extended two inches, 

 and is black of colour : The Nofthrilsare large. In (hape of body it is like to a tame 

 Goofe, fave that it feems to be a little longer. -The Rump is black, but the feathers 

 next above the Tail white : The Back of a dark grey, like the common Goofes. The 

 * lower part of the Neck is white, elfe the Neck black. Ir hath a kind of white ftay * Bottom. 

 or muffler under the Chin, continued on each fide below the Eyes to the back of the 

 Head. The Belly is white : The Tail black, as are alfo the greater quits of the 

 Wings, for the lelfer and covert-feathers are of a dark grey, as in the common tame 

 Geefe. The Eyes are hazel-coloured, the edges of the Eye-lids in fome, I know not 

 whether in all, white: The Feet black, having the hind-toe. 



The title (hews the place whence it comes. We faw and defcribed both this and the 

 precedent among the Kings Wild-fowl in St. Jams' s Park. 



§. VIII. 



The Rat-Goefe, or Road-Goofe: Brenthus fortaffe. 



MK.Johnfon, who (hewed us this Bird at Brignal in Yorkshire, thus defcribes it* 

 It is lefs by half than a tame Goofe, about two foot long j its Bill fcarce an 

 inch, black of colour, as are alfo the Feet. The top of the Head and part of the 

 Neck black: The feathers next the Bill, the Throat and Breaft brown: The reft of 

 the under-fide white : The upper-fide grey, but the ends of the feathers from grey 

 darken into a brownifh colour, the edges changing into white, as is ufual alfo in the 

 common tame Goofe. The quils of the Wings, and the Tail are black, but this hath 

 white feathers on each fide. The Rump is alfo white. 



It is a very heedle(s Fowl, ( contrary to the nature of other Geefe) (6 that if a pack 

 of them come into Tees, it is feldom one efcapes away, for though they be often 

 (hot at, yet they only fly a little, and fuffer the Gunner to come openly upon them. 



SECTION VII. 



Memb. II. 

 BroadMUed "Birds of the T>uc^nd. 



Chap. L 

 Of the f)ucK in general. 



THe Dncl^hjnd have ihorter Necks and larger Feet in proportion to their 

 bodies than Geefe : Lefler bodies : Howbeit, the biggeft in this kind do 

 equal, if not exceed the leaft in that. They have (horter Legs than Geefe, 

 and fituate more backward, fo that they go wadling: A broader and flat- 

 ter Back, and fo a more comprefled body $ and laftly, a broader and flatter Bill. 

 Their Tongue is pectinated or toothed on each fide, which is common to them with 

 Geefe, 



Thefe are of two forts.) either wild or tame. The wild again are of two lores, 

 1. Sea-Ducks, which feed raoft what in falt-water, dive much in feeding, have a 

 broader Bill, ( efpecially the upper part ) and bending upwards, ( to work in the 

 flem ) a large hind-toe, and thin, ( likely for a Rudder) a long train, not (harp- 

 pointed. 2. Pond-Ducks, which haunt Plalhes, have a ftreight and narrower Bill, d 



Aaa very 



