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The White-fronted Goose ( Anser ccerulescens ), North 
America. 
The Chinese Goose ( Anser cygnoides ), China. 
The Bar-headed Goose ( Anser indicus ), India. 
The Brant Goose ( Bernicla brenta ), Europe and North 
America. 
The Canada Goose ( Bernicla canadensis ), North America. 
The Dusky or Black Duck (Anas obscura), North 
America. 
The Pintail Duck (Dafila acuta), Europe and North 
America. 
The American Widgeon (Mareca americana ), North 
America. 
The European Widgeon (Mareca penelope), Europe. 
The Canvas-backed Duck (Fuligula vallisneria), North 
America. 
The Red-headed Duck (Fuligula ferina americana'), 
North America. 
The Little Black-headed Duck (Fuligula affinii), North 
America. 
The Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima), North Atlantic. 
The last species, which yields much of the famous eider 
down, is found along the arctic coast of Europe and America. 
On the North Atlantic coast of this continent it sometimes 
winters as far south as New England. The down is plucked 
from the breast of the living bird and is very valuable. It is 
obtained, also, by robbing the nests, which the female parent 
lines with down, which, with her bill, she pulls from her own 
breast to make a soft resting-place for her offspring. 
The Adjutant (Leptoptilus argala), of India, is one of the 
extensive family of storks, which are found throughout the 
world, with the exception of North America; it will be easily 
recognized by its long, thick bill. In its native country it 
wages successful war upon the many venomous reptiles which 
there find a home, and also performs a part similar to that 
which is effectively taken in our southern States by the Black 
Vulture. This is well stated in Jerdon’s “Birds of India:”— 
“In Calcutta and some other large towns, the Adjutant is a 
familiar bird, unscared by the near approach of man or dog, 
and protected, in some cases, by law. It is an efficient scaven¬ 
ger, attending the neighborhood of slaughter-houses, and 
especially the burning-grounds of the Hindoos, when the 
often half-burnt carcasses are thrown into the river. It also 
diligently looks over the heaps of refuse and offal thrown out 
