. Cassell's natural history . great part of Europe, Northern Asia, and America. Multitudes everywinter \isit the fens of Britain, breeding, but not numerously, in the marshes of itsnorthern counties. Our indigenous broods, says Mr. Selby, I am inclined to think,seldom quit the immediate neighbourhood of the place in which they were bred, as Ihave repeatedly observed them to haunt the same district from the time of their hatchingtill they separated and paired, on the approach of the following spring. The nest isformed of a large mass of decayed vegetables, with a lining of down and feathers, an
. Cassell's natural history . great part of Europe, Northern Asia, and America. Multitudes everywinter \isit the fens of Britain, breeding, but not numerously, in the marshes of itsnorthern counties. Our indigenous broods, says Mr. Selby, I am inclined to think,seldom quit the immediate neighbourhood of the place in which they were bred, as Ihave repeatedly observed them to haunt the same district from the time of their hatchingtill they separated and paired, on the approach of the following spring. The nest isformed of a large mass of decayed vegetables, with a lining of down and feathers, andcontains eight or ten eggs. Wild ducks and teal breed also, says Mr. Jesse, amongstthe heather iu Woolmer Forest, and generally in tlie highest grounds. One of thewoodmen, who has a cottage in the forest, informed me that he had found a teals nest,with nine eggs in it, in a situation of this descriiitiou. Of the ducks we have now spoken ; wc turn, therefore, to their associates,—theGeese. * QucTnuodiik Erccea. THE GEESE.*. THE CANADA GOOSE, f The Canada gocse is the ordinary wild goose of the middle and boreal regions of NorthAmerica: It is a migrating bird, breeding in the higher latitudes, within the Arctic-circle ; whence, on the approach of winter, vast flocks wing their way southwards, whereevery means for their destruction is in active operation. Aiiser. t Anscr faiiadeiisis.—AViilughbj-. 56G THE TRIBES. Though the ordinary European tame goose is kept in North America, the Canada gooseis also kept as a domestic bird, and is said to thrive better than the former. In Franceand Enghmd it has been domiciled, and interbreeds with the common goose ; the hybridsare highly esteemed for the very superior flavour and delicacy of their flesh. TheCanada goose is said to be extremely watchful, and more sensible of approachingchanges in the atmosphere than our ordinary species. A writer in tlie Magazine of Katural History says: In this neigbourhood (nearDerby), we are
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