. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . THE WILD GOOSE. m. WILD GEiSZ. there an hour or two, one of them with a long loud note, sorxk A kind of signal, to which the rest always punctually attend, and, rising in a group, they pursue their journey with alacrity. Their flight is conducted with vast regular-ity. They always proceed
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . THE WILD GOOSE. m. WILD GEiSZ. there an hour or two, one of them with a long loud note, sorxk A kind of signal, to which the rest always punctually attend, and, rising in a group, they pursue their journey with alacrity. Their flight is conducted with vast regular-ity. They always proceed either in a line abreast, or in two lines joining in an angle at the middle. In this order they often taice the lead by turns, the foremost falling back in the rear when tired, and the next in station taking his place. Their track is generally so high, that it is almost impossi-ble to reach them from a fowling-piece ; and even when this can be done, they file so equally, that one dischargeseldom kills more than a single bird. They breed in the plains and marshes aboutHudsons Bay in North America : in some yearsthe young ones are caught in considerable num-bers • and at this age they are easily tamed. Itis, however, singular, that they will never learnto eat corn, unless some of the old ones be caughtalono: with them.
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