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to nearly white on the belly ; and the wing-quills and tail are almost black. The eye is gieyish 
brown, and the legs and feet blackish grey, or almost black. The legs are rather long, and the 
carriage noble and commanding. On the water the swan-like outline is very conspicuous. 
The common English breeds are by no means uncommon in the United States, but the 
Canada Goose is generally said to do much better. It is not such a continuous grazer as the 
THE CANADA GOOSE. 
English Goose, being more fond of marshes and aquatic plants. The flesh is excellent, and the 
breed most easily domesticated, while the management need not differ from that of other kinds. 
As an ornamental water- fowl it has long been kept in many places, but there appears no reason 
whatever why it should not be regarded as part of the regular stock of the farm-yard. There are, 
perhaps, hardly enough data to warrant such a conclusion ; but we have heard it stated by good 
authorities that the Canada Goose, after a little breeding in confinement, is found to produce much 
more delicate flesh than either of the common breeds, and at least as economically so far as 
