. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. SCREAMERS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 7i. The Geese include birds of somewhat con- spicuous coloration, besides a considerable number oi more subdued aspect. The sexes are distin- guished by different names, the female being known as the Goose, the male as the Gander, whilst the young is the Gosling. As we ha\e alread\- mentioned, there is no hard-and-fast line to be drawn between the three sections (jf this group. The Ducks are connected by the Shel- drakes with the Geese, through the Sp
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. SCREAMERS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 7i. The Geese include birds of somewhat con- spicuous coloration, besides a considerable number oi more subdued aspect. The sexes are distin- guished by different names, the female being known as the Goose, the male as the Gander, whilst the young is the Gosling. As we ha\e alread\- mentioned, there is no hard-and-fast line to be drawn between the three sections (jf this group. The Ducks are connected by the Shel- drakes with the Geese, through the Spur-winged Goose, the Egyptian and Orinoco Geese, and certain other species which cannot be alluded to on this occasion. The Spur-wingeu Geese, of which there are two species, are African birds, and deri\e their name from the long spur seated on the wing. A still more remarkable form is the Haek- WEliBEli Goose, so called from the fact that its feet are only partially webbed. It has a blaclc- and-white plumage, a hooked beak, and a large wart}' prominence on the front of the head. It spends most of its time perched on the branches of the Australian tea-trees, and rarel\' enters the water. The windpipe is peculiar, being coiled in several folds between the skin and the breast-muscles. From these peculiar forms we pass to the true geese. The largest li\ing species is the Ceiixese or of Eastern Siberia, regarded as the stock from which the domesticated geese of Eastern countries have been derived. European domesticated geese hax'e been deri\'ed from the Grev or Grev-LAG Goose, a species at one time exceedingly common in England, breeding in considerable numbers in the fen districts, where the }'oung were frequenth' taken and reared with the large flock of domesticated geese commonly kept at that time for the sake of their feathers. The grey-lag goose, however, has long ceased to breed in England, though a few still nest in Scotland. The most important breeds derived fr
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