. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE WHITE-FROJSITED GOOSE. 595 next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shel by degrees, till at length it is aU come forth and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and falJeth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than a mallard and less than a goose For the truth hereof, if any doubt, may it please them to repaire unto me, and I shall satislie them by the testimouie
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE WHITE-FROJSITED GOOSE. 595 next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shel by degrees, till at length it is aU come forth and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and falJeth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than a mallard and less than a goose For the truth hereof, if any doubt, may it please them to repaire unto me, and I shall satislie them by the testimouie of good ; The Bernicle Goose generally assembles in large flocks and haunts large salt marshes near the coast, and feeds on grasses and various iilgse. It is a very wary bird and not easily approached. The eggs of this species are large and white. The flesh is considered good. The bill of the Bernicle Goose is black, witli a reddish streak on each side. The cheeks and throat are white, a black streak runs from the beak to the eye, the upper parts are boldly marked with black and white, and the lower parts are white. It is rather a small bird, the total length barely exceeding two feet. There are many other species of Geese which visit even the far northern countries of 'm. M i,i'^| \^i 11 CWt?^'i5'? EGYPTIAN GOOSE.—C'hencU02>ex (egypllaam. Europe in more or less abundance, among which may be mentioned the Egyptian Goose {Chenalopex (fgypUaca), the Brent Goose (Berm'cla brenta), the Bed-breasted Goose {Bernicla ruflcoUis), the Canada Goose {Bernicla canadensis), the Pink-footed Goose {Anser brachy- rhpnchus), remarkable for its pinky feet and short and narrow beak, the White-fronted Goose {Anser erytJiropus), and the Chinese Goose {Anser eygnoides). The White-fronted Goose {Anser albifrons, variety gambeli), inhabits the Noi-th American continent generally, breeding far north ; wintering in the United States and Cuba. During the printer many thousands of this
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