. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. I I f. CANADA GOOSE. WILD GOOSE. BR-VXTA C AXAI )ENSIS. Char. Mantle grayish brown, the feathers with paler edges ; head and neck l)lack, a broad white patch on the throat; tail black, tail-coverts white; under parts grav, shading to white on the under tail-coverts ; bill and legs black. Length about ;,6 inches. jVt'st. In a variety of situations, but on the ground and made of twigs and grass loosely
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. I I f. CANADA GOOSE. WILD GOOSE. BR-VXTA C AXAI )ENSIS. Char. Mantle grayish brown, the feathers with paler edges ; head and neck l)lack, a broad white patch on the throat; tail black, tail-coverts white; under parts grav, shading to white on the under tail-coverts ; bill and legs black. Length about ;,6 inches. jVt'st. In a variety of situations, but on the ground and made of twigs and grass loosely laid and lined with feathers and down. K^.K^- 5-7 ; P'llc dull green ; X The Common Wild Goose of America is known familiarly in every part of the Union as a bird of passage to and from its breeding-places in the interior and north of the continent. The arrival of these birds in the desolate fur coimtries of Hudson Bay is anxiously looked for and hailed with joy by the abo- rigines of the woody and swampy districts which they frequent, who depend principally upon them for subsistence during the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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