Stories about birds of land and water (1874) (14564257649)

Identifier: storiesaboutbird00kirb (find matches)

Title: Stories about birds of land and water

Year: 1874 (1870s)

Authors: Kirby, Mary, 1817-1893 Kirby, Elizabeth, 1823-1873

Subjects: Birds -- Juvenile literature

Publisher: Hartford (Conn.) : American Publishing Co.

Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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THE GREY GOOIjE. THE GOOSE. The goose is a bird of great value. Not only does it figure with generalacceptance on the table, but its feathers and down contribute largely to thecomfort and repose of many. ^34 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. Although the goose is an aquatic bird, it is not exclusively so. Indeed,some geese pass the greater part of their lives on land. They walk ex-tremely well, and though in swimming they arc neither so graceful as the

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THE SrUR-WINGED GOOSE. swan, nor as active as the duck, they row themselves along the water with easeand facility, and their power of flight is remarkable. The grey goose, from which our domestic goose is descended, wasformerly common in the fenny districts of England, but is now compara-tively rare both in this country and in Ireland. It is a regular winter visitor

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