PLATE CCXXXr. 



Chinefe Goofe. JiB, ZooL 2. p, bl\. E. 



Lath. Gen. Si/ri. 111. 2. p. 447- n. 12. 



This handfome fpecies of Goofe has been long fmce introduced, 

 and naturalized with fuccefs in Britain. It does not appear to have 

 been afcertained with any degree of accuracy whence the parent flock 

 of this ufefui bird was derived^ nor can any inference be drawn from 

 the local names which various authors have affigned to it. 



Linnaeus calls it the Southern Goofe : Briffon and Buffon the Goofe 

 of Guinea: Albin the Spanifli Goofe: Brown the Weft Indian, or 

 Jamaica Goofe ; and Pennant the Chinefe Goofe. 



That the fpecies is found in every one of the above-named parts of 

 the world we have little doubt^ and this may offer fome apology for 

 the diverlity of local names which the earlier writers have affigned to 

 it. It is indeed to be confeffed that this diverfity of names had better 

 been avoided^ as it is fcarcely poffible but that fome confufion may 

 arife occafionally from this fource, as to the identity of the fpecies ; 

 and we mull allow that it is always obje6lionable to indulge in the 

 fantaftic introdu61ion of new names in the fcience of Natural Hiftory 

 where others already applied are well know n and fufficiently eftabliflied 

 to be underftood. We believe upon the beft information that the 

 fpecies abounds in a ftate of nature in the eaftern parts of Siberia, 

 'svhere it frequents lakes and rivers^ and that it occafionally migrates 

 from thence to other countries of Afia^ Africa^ and Europe, and 



hence 



