. Histoire des oiseaux britanniques : les figures gravées sur le bois . sauvages sur le lac vol. II t N n 282 OISEAUX BRITANNIQUES. Baikal, dans l'eafl de Sibérie, et dans Kamtfchat*ka; * et ils sont gardés en apesanteur dans les parties moft de l'empire Ruffien, Thefe Geefe, comme d'autres de la sorte tame, varytant dans la couleur de la facture, les jambes, et le plu-mage, ainsi que dans la lize; mais ils retiennent tous le bouton sur la carafe de la mandibule supérieure, et la poche ou le larmoiement sous la goulet. Ils sont keptby les curieux dans diverses parties de l'Angleterre, et areplus noify que le Goofe commun : rien canftir ni dans la nuit ou dans le

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. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . wild about the lake Vol. II. t N n 282 BRITISH BIRDS. Baikal, in the eafl of Siberia, and in Kamtfchat*ka; * and they are kept tame in moft parts of theRuffian empire, Thefe Geefe, like others of the tame kind, varymuch both in the colour of the bill, legs, and plu-mage, as well as in lize; but they all retain theknob on the bafe of the upper mandible, and thepouch or wattle under the gullet. They are keptby the curious in various parts of England, and aremore noify than the Common Goofe : nothing canftir either in the night or in the day without theirfounding the alarm, by their hoarfe cacklings andloud fhrill cries. They breed with the CommonGoofe, and their offspring are as prolific as thofeof any other Idnd. The female is of a fmaller fizethan the male ; ^ the head, neck, and breaft arefulvous; 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 theknob over the bill is fmaller. ^ Arftic Zoology.. BRITISH BIRDS. 283 CANADA GOOSE, OR CRAVAT GOOSE.{^Anas Canadenjls.—UOie a cravate, BufF.) This is lefs than the Swan-Goofe, but taller andlonger than the Common Goofe, and may be con-fidered as the conneding link between that fpeciesand the Swan. Their average weight is about ninepounds, and the length about three feet fix inches.The bill is black, and two inches and a half long:irides hazel; the head and neck are alfo black, witha crefcent-fhaped white band on the throat, whichtapers off to a point on each fide below the cheeks, to the hinder part of the head : the whitenefs ofthis cravat is heightened by its contraft with thedark furrounding plumage, and it looks very pret-ty : this mark alfo diftinguifhes it from others ofthe Goofe tribe. All the upper parts of the plu-mage, the breaft, and a portion of the belly, are ofa dull brown, fometimes mixed with grey: thelower part of the neck, the belly, vent, and uppertail cov

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