. Domestic fowl and ornamental poultry;. WEB-FOOTED BIRDS. 75 the bill and corners of the mouth. The rest of the head, neck, and the upper parts of the phunage in some specimens are dark brown, and each feather is margined more or less with that color; the primary and secondary- quill feathers are of the same, but much darker, and the wing-coverts are tinged with ash. The breast and belly are dirty white, barred with irregu- lar patches of very dark brown, and tipped with lighter shades of the same color. The tail is horny ash-colored brown, and surrounded with white at the base ; the legs yel
. Domestic fowl and ornamental poultry;. WEB-FOOTED BIRDS. 75 the bill and corners of the mouth. The rest of the head, neck, and the upper parts of the phunage in some specimens are dark brown, and each feather is margined more or less with that color; the primary and secondary- quill feathers are of the same, but much darker, and the wing-coverts are tinged with ash. The breast and belly are dirty white, barred with irregu- lar patches of very dark brown, and tipped with lighter shades of the same color. The tail is horny ash-colored brown, and surrounded with white at the base ; the legs yellow- Of these four varieties, the Gray-lag and the White-fronted are obviously the originals of our domestic geese. The legs of many of our domestic geese are orange-colored, like those of the White-fronted. The legs of the wild Gray-lag goose are of a pale flesh color. The Canada or American wild Goose.—In the slenderness of its make, and the form of its neck, this bird somewhat approaches the swan. The black and wing coverts are dull brown, each feather having a whitish tip; side pale ashy brown; ^ ^' l>. upper part of head and neck black, with a broad patch of white spreading from the throat over the lower part of cheeks on each side ; the bill is black ; legs and feet gray- ish black. This bird is easily naturalized amongst us, and affords good flesh for the ta- ble ; in captivity it readily pairs with the common gray goose, and the young are su- perior to either parent in point of size. The principal objec- tion to the breeding of the Canada goose as a member of our poultry establishment, is its not being prolific, and hence not affording promise of being CANADA OR AMERICAN WILD GOOSE. DOMESTIC GEESE, AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. Amongst the varieties of our common domestic goose we must first describe one which, though of comparatively recent introduction, and as yet not gen- erally to be met with as an ordinary inhabitant of farm-yards, bids fair, from its unu
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