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centre of a small pond about twenty feet high, and con¬ 
tained fine eggs. The greatest number of eggs which I 
have found in a nest of this species was nine, which, I 
think, is more by three than these birds usually lay in a 
wild state/' 
Dr. Richardson says:—“The Canada Goose generally 
builds its nest on the ground; but some pairs occasionally 
breed on the banks of the Saskatchewan in trees, deposit¬ 
ing their eggs in the deserted nests of ravens or fishing 
eagles." 
