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CANADA GOOSE. 
upwards to tlie eye, black. Between the bill and 
the eye is a large spot of white ; behind tlio eye 
and surrounding a large patch of orange-brown on 
each side of the neck is a list of white, which is ex- 
tended farther, and forms a line of division between 
the orange-brown and black of the lower part of the 
neck ; front of the lower part of the neck and breast 
fine orange-brown, the latter margined by a list of 
black and another of white ; immediately before the 
shoulders is a second bar of white ; mantle, belly, 
wings, and tail, black ; abdomen, vent, thighs, upper 
and under tail-covers, white; bill reddish brown, 
with the nail black ; legs blackish brown, with a 
reddish tinge,” — is the description by Mr. Selby of 
the Wycliffe specimen, now in the collection of the 
Newcastle Natural History Society. 
Anser Canadensis, Canada Goose. — A user Ca- 
nadensis Stcph.. Richards. — Cygnas Canadensis , Jen. 
— Canada Goose or Cravat Goose of British authors. 
— The Canada Goose is omitted by Mr. Selby in his 
British Birds; by Mr. Jenyns it is said to be intro- 
duced into Europe from America, but Mr. Yarrell 
considers that some of the birds or small flocks 
which are frequently met with, are really visitants 
from another country. We see no reason why somo 
specimens, as well as other northern birds, should not 
loose the line of their migration, and seek our shores, 
and that they would thus have as strong a claim 
upon us as natives as many other birds which are 
