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name. The geographical distribution of the Polish swan is yet to be 
ascertained, It is, however, known to frequent the Baltic Sea. 
The Swan, Guinea, oe Cape Goose, Anser cygnoides , Linn. ; 
A. Guineensis , Briss. We have, at Wolf-hill, found pairs of this 
introduced species to breed freely in a domestic state ; which the 
gander will likewise do with the tame goose. They have generally 
inclined to breed early. A note before me mentions a pair of purely 
bred birds having a nest with five eggs beneath a laurel in the lawn, 
on the 18th March : the female, when seated on the nest, had the 
gander’s company at her side. This species is truly said, by Bewick, 
to be more noisy than the common goose, so that “ nothing can stir 
in the night or day without their sounding the alarm by their hoarse 
cacklings and shrill cries” (‘Brit. Birds,’ vol. ii. p. 257, edit. 1821). 
It is a fine spirited bird, though not, like the Canada goose, to an 
annoying extent. The motions of its long neck are very comical, 
particularly when playing the bravado, and running after a person 
with neck outstretched to its whole length, and carried so low as 
almost to touch the ground. The superior length of neck compared 
with that of the common goose, renders this attitude the more 
grotesque. On such occasions, both the gander and his flock are 
evidently proud of his prowess in driving away persons who are quietly 
walking off from his vicinity, and are quite regardless of his menaces. 
THE CANADA GOOSE. 
Cravat Goose. 
Anser Canadensis. Gmel. (sp.) 
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Has, in a very few instances, been shot on different 
parts of the coast ; 
And I am disposed to believe that in some of them the victims 
may have been truly wild. It seems to me as likely to visit this 
country occasionally as some other American birds which do so, 
and which, from not being kept by man in a living state, are known 
to be ferae naturae . The fact of the Canada goose being semi- 
domesticated, and sometimes disposed to wander, is the only 
