THE WILD GOOSEH.

Tur common wild Goose of America is
well known in every part of the United
States as a bird of passage. It is some-
times called the Canada Goose, because
it breeds in Canada and the regions north
of that country. The wild goose some-
times grows to the length of three feet
and ahalf. The upper plumage is black
and brown—the under portions, gray and
white. In autumn, the geese, knowing
by instinct that winter 1s approaching,
and fearful of starvatian, assemble on the
sea-coast of British America and prepare
to fly southward. Like the rest of their

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