. The American poulterer's companion: : a practical treatise on the breeding, rearing, fattening, and general management of the various species of domestic poultry, : with illustrations, and portraits of fowls taken from life. . stir in the house duringthe night, but the Guinea goose will sound thealarm; and in the daytime they give the samescreams if any person or animal enters the court; andoften will pursue, pecking the legs. The bill, ac-cording to the remark of this naturalist, is armed atthe edges with small indentings, and the tongue isbeset with sharp papillae; the bill is black, and t
. The American poulterer's companion: : a practical treatise on the breeding, rearing, fattening, and general management of the various species of domestic poultry, : with illustrations, and portraits of fowls taken from life. . stir in the house duringthe night, but the Guinea goose will sound thealarm; and in the daytime they give the samescreams if any person or animal enters the court; andoften will pursue, pecking the legs. The bill, ac-cording to the remark of this naturalist, is armed atthe edges with small indentings, and the tongue isbeset with sharp papillae; the bill is black, and thetubercle which rises upon it is vermillion. This birdcarries its head high as it walks; and its fine carriageand its great bulk give it a noble air. According toFrisch, the skin of the little dewlap or pouch underthe throat is neither soft nor flexible, but firm andhard. This account, however, scarcely agrees withthe use which Kolbin tells us the sailors and soldiersat the Cape make of it. ( The wild geese at theCape have been called Crop geese (oies Jabotieres).The soldiers and the common people of the coloniesuse their crops for tobacco pouches; they will holdabout two pounds.—-Kolbin.) AQUATIC FOWLS. Fig. 59. 275. POLAND GOOSE. There is a goose not uncommon in this countrymuch resembling the Guinea goose, but not as large,known as the Poland goose ; probably a cross ofthe Guinea goose and the Chinese goose next de-scribed. CHINESE GOOSE. The Chinese goose is not only brought fromChina, but from Guinea, the Cape of Good Hope inAfrica, and Siberia, and it is also to be found in theSandwich Islands, in the Pacific Ocean. It is some- 276 AQUATIC FOWLS. Fig. 60.
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