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BRITISH BIRDS, 
Baikal, in the eafl of Siberia, and in Kamtfchat* 
ka ; * and they are kept tame in moft parts of the 
Ruffian empire. 
Thefe Geefe, like others of the tame kind, vary 
much both in the colour of the bill, legs, and plu- 
mage, as well as in fize ; but they all retain the 
knob on the bafe of the upper maridible, and the 
pouch or wattle under the gullet. They are kept 
by the curious in various parts of England, and are 
more noify than the Common Goofe : nothing can 
ftir either in the night or in the day without their 
founding the alarm, by their hoarfe cacklings and 
loud ffirill cries. They breed with the Common 
Goofe, and their offspring are as prolific as thofe 
of any other kind. The female is of a fmaller fize 
than the male ; the head, neck, and breaft are 
fulvous ; paler on the upper part : the back, wings, 
and tail, dull brown, with pale edges : belly white : 
in other refpeds they are like the male, but the 
knob over the bill is fmaller.” 
* Ardic Zoology. 
