. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 266 BRITISH BIRDS,. V/ I .,r; ,, THE TAME GOOSE. {^Anas Anfer, Lin.—UOie dome/iiquei Buff.) To describe the varied plumage and the economy ofthis well-known valuable domestic fowl, may seem tomany a needless task j but to others, unacquainted withrural affairs, It may be interesting.* Their predominantcolours are white and grey, with shades of ash, blue, andbrown : some of them are yellowish, others dusky, andmany are found to differ very little in appearance fromthe wild kind last described—the original stock whence,in early times,
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 266 BRITISH BIRDS,. V/ I .,r; ,, THE TAME GOOSE. {^Anas Anfer, Lin.—UOie dome/iiquei Buff.) To describe the varied plumage and the economy ofthis well-known valuable domestic fowl, may seem tomany a needless task j but to others, unacquainted withrural affairs, It may be interesting.* Their predominantcolours are white and grey, with shades of ash, blue, andbrown : some of them are yellowish, others dusky, andmany are found to differ very little in appearance fromthe wild kind last described—the original stock whence,in early times, they were all derived. The only per-manent mark, which all the grey ones still retain, likethose of the wild kind, is the white ring which surroundsthe root of the tail. They are generalUy furnished witha small tuft on the head; and the most usual colour of * A certain town lady wondered how a Goose could sucklenine Goslings. BRITISH BIRDS. 267 the males (Gander or Steg) Is pure white : the bills andfeet in both males and females are of an orange red. Bystudied attention
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