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2 1 feet long, and 3I broad; their eyes are 
black, the irides fmall and red, the legs like- 
wife red ; they feed along the fea, and are 
fine eating ; their young are bluilh grey, and 
do not attain a perfect whitenefs till they are 
a year old. They vifit Severn river firft in 
the middle of May, on their journey north- 
ward, where they breed ; return in the be- 
ginning of September, with their young, 
flaying at Severn fettlement about a fortnight 
each time. The Indian name is Way-way, 
at Churchill river. Linneus has not taken 
notice of this fpecies. 
Anas. 46. Canadenfis. 198. 14. Canada Goofe. 
Faun. Am. Sept. l 6. Edw. 151. Catefby I. 
92, &c. 
Severn River, "N° 42. 
The Canada geefe are very plentiful at Hud- 
fon’s Bay, great quantities of them are failed, 
but they have a fifhy tafte. The fpecimen 
fent over agrees perfectly with the defec- 
tions and drawings. At Hudfon’s Bay this 
fpecies is called the Small Grey Goofe . Beiides 
this, and the preceding white goofe, Mr. Gra- 
iham, the gentleman who fent the account 
from Severn fettlement, mentions three other 
fpecies of wild geefe to be met with at Hud- 
fon s Bay ; he calls them, 
1. The large Grey Goofe. 
2 . The Blue Goofe. 
3. The Laughing Goofe, 
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