. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. BIRD JSTAMES. [No. 1. cana, 1831, speaks of its arrival in the fur countries as " hailed with great joy by the natives of the woody and swampy dis- tricts, who depend principally upon it for subsistence during the summer. . One goose, which when fat weighs about nine pounds, is the daily ration for one of the Company's servants during the season5< and is reckoned equivalent to two snow- geese, or three ducks, or eight pounds of buffalo and moose
. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. BIRD JSTAMES. [No. 1. cana, 1831, speaks of its arrival in the fur countries as " hailed with great joy by the natives of the woody and swampy dis- tricts, who depend principally upon it for subsistence during the summer. . One goose, which when fat weighs about nine pounds, is the daily ration for one of the Company's servants during the season5< and is reckoned equivalent to two snow- geese, or three ducks, or eight pounds of buffalo and moose meat, or two pounds of pemmican, or a pint of maize and four ounces of ;. No. 1. In appendix to Townsend's Narrative of Journey Across Kocky Mountains, etc., 1839, it is BLACK-HEADED GOOSE; and some writers have termed it CANADA BRANT; and in England it has been called the CRAVAT GOOSE (Buffon's L Oie a cravate). Yarrell speaks of its being entitled 'to a place in his British Birds, specimens being so frequently shot " which do not exhibit either in their actions or plumage any signs of having escaped from ;. 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 Trumbull, Gurdon, 1841-1903. New York, Harper
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