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coaft. It appears to be a vagarious bird, fpreading in fmall flocks 

 about the Cafpian Sea, the Euxine Sea, Greece, and Egypt, though 

 they are never known to pafs fouthvvard beyond the equator. 



They appear about Hudfon's Bay in company with others of the 

 goofe tribe, about the end of May : they lay four eggs, and hatch in 

 July. The eggs as well as the young birds are elleemed very palat- 

 able food ; and the Ikins dried are worn by the Indians with the 

 feathers and down attached, the larger feathers being plucked to form 

 the diadems of their chiefs, or to weave into cloaks and other articles 

 of cloathing. 



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