Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) hatching out of eggs on a tree. Because they breed in the Arctic their nests were never seen, so legends arose. Woodcut from and edition of Gerards Herbal

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Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) hatching out of eggs on a tree. Because they breed in the Arctic their nests were never seen, so legends arose. Woodcut from and edition of Gerards Herbal

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