. Un libro di ornitologia, per i giovani. Abbracciando le descrizioni degli uccelli più interessanti e notevoli in tutti i paesi, con particolari avvisi di uccelli americani . Il piumaggio di questo uccello è per lo più di un uniforme marrone, le piume essendo bordato di cenere. La testa e la metà superiore del collo sono nere, con l'eccezione di un cerotto bianco su ogni lato, vicino alla gola; la coda, 2b» L'OCA SWAN. I quills e le gambe sono crepusky; il becco è scuro, piuttosto di una forma nar-fila, e solo circa un pollice e mezzo lungo-. Le oche del Brent, come le altre specie, abbandonarono i therigors del nord in inverno, e spre

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. A Book of ornithology, for youth. Embracing descriptions of the most interesting and remarkable birds in all countries, with particular notices of American birds . The plumage of this bird is mostly of an uniformbrown, the feathers being edged with ash. The headand upper half of the neck are black, with the exceptionof a white patch on each side, near the throat; the tail, 2b» THE SWAN GOOSE. quills and legs are dusky; the bill is dark, rather of a nar-row shape, and only about an inch and a half long-. The Brent Geese, like the other species, quit therigours of the north in winter, and spread themselvessouthward in the search of milder climates. Theirvaried modes of living, as well as their other habits andpropensities, their migrations, haltings, and breedingplaces do not materially differ from those of the other nu-merous families of Wild Geese. SWAN GOOSE.. This bird is more than three feet in length, and of asize between the Swan and the Common Goose. It is THE GANNET OF SOLAN GOOSE. 269 distinguished from others of the Goose tribe by its uprightand stately deportment, by having a large knob on thebase of the upper mandible, and a skin, almost bare offeathers, hanging down like a pouch or wattle under thethroat. The base of the bill is orange ; a dark brown orblack stripe runs down the hinder part of the neck, fromthe head to the back; the fore part of the neck, and thebreast, are yellowish brown; the back, and all the upperparts, brownish grey, edged with a lighter colour; thesides are clouded with nearly the same colours as theback, and edged with white. It is said that these birds originally were found inGuinea only; but they are now become common, in awild, as well as domesticated state, both in warm and incold climates. Tame Geese, of this species, like other birds, vary muchin the colour of the bill, legs and plumage, as well as i

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• bookcentury1800
• bookidbookoforni
• booksubjectbirds
• bookyear1832