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… … STORMY PETRELS, STORIES ABOUT TITIDS. to the Orkney and Shetland Islands, but does not remain to rear its brood,passing northwards in the spring. Geese Hve principally on vegetable diet; by means of the hard margins oftheir beaks they are able to crop grass and various kinds of vegetables.…
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