SNOW GOOSE. 
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j ^ taken, was shot on the Delaware, below P-hila- 
*‘Phia, on the 15th of February, and on dissection 
jJ''®Ved to he a male ; the windpipe had no labyrinth, 
.|^t, for an inch or two before its divarication into 
, * hinijs, was inflexible, not extensile like the rest, 
rather wider in diameter. The ffiillet had an 
■’'P'Hision before entering the stomach, which la.st was 
l®ttiarkably sti'ong, the two great grinding muscles 
cl'"? nearly iivo inches in diameter. The stomach was 
^«(1 with fragments of the roots of reeds and fine sand, 
intestines moa.sured eight feet in length, and were 
I'emarkably thick. The liver was small. For the 
*""g and female of this species, .see next article. 
, Wham observes that this species is very numerous 
, ‘Hudson’s Bay, that they visit Severn River in May, 
.1" stay a fortnight, but go farther north to breed; 
. 'y return to Severn Fort the beginning of September, 
stay till the middle of October, when they depart 
w"' tke south, and are observed to bo attended by their 
,l’""g in flocks iunumerahle. They seem to occupy 
the western side of America, as they were seen at 
L"""alashka* as well as at Kamtschatka.-j- White 
p"''t, with black tips to their Aviiigs, were also shot by 
."plains Lewis and Clark’s exploring party, near the 
Jr""!!! of the Columbia River, which were probably 
ct ^uie as the present species. J Mr Feunant says, 
(I "«y are taken by the Siberians in nets, under which 
are decoyed by a person covered with a vyhite 
n'"> and crawling 011 all-fours ; when others driving 
f W. these stupid birds mistaking him for their leader, 
W| when they are entangled in the nets, or 
'"to a kind of pond made for the purpose ! ” We 
'?ht here with propriety add — T/iis wants confir- 
^tion, 
Bllas’s X^arrative. f Histoiy of JCaminchutJiO- 
I Gass’s Journal, p. Ibl. 
