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Title: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris ..
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ist, for August, 1855,by Mr. Thomas Edward, of that place. The Spur-winged Goose has been kept in the garden ofthe Zoological Society. It appears to be of a morose anddomineering disposition. The spur on the wing, whence thename of the bird, seems to be used as a weapon of attack.Th& one mentioned in the beginning of this article, wasobserved, when first seen, to associate with some Geese ofthe common kind at a farm. Male; bill, dull reddish orange yellow; iris, amber colour.Head on the crown, dull brown; neck on the back, also thesame colour; on the sides of the upper part, white spottedwith brown; on the lower, black. Chin and throat, white;breast on the sides, black; in front and all down, white;back, deep metallic brown, showing purple and copper-colourin different lights, beautifully burnished writh dark -.green. The wings are armed at the bend with a strong spurabout five eighths of an inch in length. It is of a whitecolour, and turns upwards, and rather inwards. The whole \
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SPUR-WINGED GOOSE. 145 of the upper and front edges of the wings are white. Thesecond, third, and fourth feathers are of equal length, andthe longest; the first and fifth a little shorter. Greaterwing coverts, white, forming a band of that colour acrossthe wing; the primaries and secondaries have most of theouter feathers of a burnished green. The tertiaries arebrilliantly bronzed and glossed with a metallic green; theyare as long as the quill feathers. Tail, brown; under tailcoverts, white. Legs and toes, red, or orange yellow. 146 CANADA GOOSE. CEATAT GOOSE. Anser Canadensis, Fleming. Anas Canadensis. BEWICK. Cygnus Canadensis, Jenyns. Anser—A Goose. Canadensis— Of, or belonging to Canada. The name of the Canada Goose indicates the country ofwhich it is a native. Immense flocks occur about HudsonsBay, and in the other boreal districts of North America—Labrador, Newfoundland, and others. They go as far southin the summer as Carolina. The species appears to beplentiful also in G

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