CANADA GOOSE. 
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I® Sound his bugle note, our goose, in whom its new 
I o>ts and enjoyments had not rjiiite extinguislied the 
of liberty, remembering the well known sound, 
jrj'oad its wings, monuted into the air, joined the 
„*''ollers, and soon disappeai'ed. Tn the succeeding 
o "Iran, the wild geese, sus was usual, returned from 
® Dortliward in great numbers, to pass the winter in 
bays and rivers. Mr Platt happeinnl to be standing in 
, 1 '^ yard when a flock passed directly over his barn. At 
instant, lie observed three geese detach themselves 
tile rest, and, after wheeling round sevei’al times, 
*!jbt in the middle of the yard. Imagine his surprise 
** pleasure, when, by certain well rcmeinliered signs, 
h ’’‘•oognized in one of the three his long lost fugitive, 
^^."■as she indeed ! She had travelled many hundred 
.^*Pring; and had now returned with her little family, 
share with them the sweets of civilized life. 
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“ The truth of the foregoing relation can be attested 
tpl '*”ojy respectable people, to whom Mr Platt has 
^^jated the circumstance as above detailed. The birds 
li'dng, and in his possession, about a year ago, 
l.bad shewn no disposition whatever to leave him.” 
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The length of this species is three feet; e.xtent, five 
tvvo inches ; the bill is black ; irides, dark hazel ; 
I I’Per half of the neck, black, marked on the chin and 
ill" ! P'Od. of the head with a large patch of white, its 
^^tiiignishing character ; lower part of the neck befoi’e. 
'^0; back and wing-coverts, brown, each feather 
^hd " hitish ; rump and tail, black ; tail-coverts 
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'St "'hit® i primaries, black, reaidiing to the 
f" '‘’®'nity of the tail; sides, pale ashy brown ; legs and 
ie. '^bickish ash. 
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male and female are e.xactly alike in plumage. 
