CANADA GOOSE. 
"Willughby: he calls the bird grey, where I 
call it dark brown; it is, indeed, of a dirty 
brown, something inclining to grey. In the 
figure, I have endeavoured to be more correct, 
and nearer nature, than any former draughty 
and hope I have succeeded. My friend, Mr. 
Isham, has informed me, that great flocks of 
these birds appear in the spring of the year, in 
Hudson's Bay ; and pass a great way northward 
of the English settlements, where they are sup- 
posed to breed: they return again, in flocks, to 
the southern parts, before the winter comes on. ,? 
BufFon names this bird the Cravat Goose: 
almost every other author calls it the Canada 
Goose. It is the Anas Canadensis, or Cana- 
da Goose, of Linnaeus, Catesby, Edwards, 
Pennant, and Latham ; and the Anser Cana- 
densis Sylvestris, of Willughby, and of Brissoru 
" A white cravat," says BufFon, " wrapped 
about it's black neck, distinguishes sufficiently 
this Goose: which is, also, one of those pecu- 
liar to the northern parts of the New World; 
where, at least, it derives it's origin. It is some - 
thing larger than our Domestic Goose; and 
has it's neck, and it's body, rather longer, and 
more 
