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Show :fDO 'l~hey arc of the same size, colout· und lot·m, 'vith those of the Atlantic coast. r.rhc second spccie5 we found at tho falls or Colum. bia, and fa·om thcucc downwards to the ocean. rl'llis biJ·tl is uot more than half the size of the speckled loon; the neck is, in ft·ont, long slender and white: the plnmagc on the body aml back of the head and neck arc or a dun ot· ash colour: the ht•cast and belly are w bite, the Leak like that of tho speckled loon; aud like them, it cannot fly, but iluttc•·s along em the surface of the water, or dives for sccu•·ity when pur" sued. 7. The bt·ant arc of three kinds; the white, the ba·owu, and the pied. The white braut arc very common on the shores ofthe }>adfic, {)artif·ulal'ly below tho water, wl1Cl'O they remain in vast numbers during the winter: tlH'y feed like the swan-gersc, on the gt·ass, roots. and seeds which ~row in the mat·shcs: this bird is about the size of the brown brant, ot• a tbia·d less than the common Canadian wild goose: tl1e head is rathcl' lat·gc•·, tho beak thicker than that of the wihl goose, shorter, and of mu~h the same foa·m, being or a yellowish white Colom·, CXCCllt ~he rdgcs of the cltOl)S, 'vhich at·e fa·cquently of a dat•k brown: the legs and feet are of the same form or the goo:se, and m·e of a 1mlc 1lcsh co· lour: the tail is composod of sixtccu feathers of C(Juallcugth as those or the geese and brown brant arc, and bca1·s about the same proportion in point of length: the eye is of a dal'k colour, and nothing rema•·kable in size: the wings at·e la•·ger when compared with those of the geese, but not so much so as in the brown brant: the colour of t.hc plumage is a pu1·e unifot·m white, except the large feathers at the cxtt·cwiLJ' of the wings, which arc hlacl •. the laq;c feathers at the fi1·st joint or the 'ving next to the l.wdy ar·e white: the uotc ofthis llil·ll differs essentially fl'om that of the goose; H mo•·c rc~ semLles that of the brown brant, but is somcwlmt <lill1wcut; it is like the note or a young domestic goo:sc, that has not perfectly attained its full sound: the flesh of this lJird is cxeeedingly fine, preferable to either the goo:;c or brown brant. Up the .J1li.<;sow•i. i91 ;z. The brown hrant arc much of the same colour, form, a.rul size as the white, only that their wings are consideraLly longer· aml more pointed: the Illnmagc of the upper part of the body, neck, head, aml tail, arc much tl1c colour of the Canadian goose, hut somewhat darker~ in consequence of some dark feathers ia·a·cgulai·ly scattered throughout: they have uot the same white on the neck and sides or the head as the goo~c, nor is the ucck tku·kcr than tlac lwcly: like the goo ·c, they have some white feathers on the rump at the .Joining of t.he tail: the beak is dat·k, and the legs and feet also dat·k with a ~reenish cast: the breast antl belly are of a lighter colour than the hack, anti is also it·•·egularly inter· mixed with dark hl'OWn ami Olack feathers, which give it 3.. pietl apllcarancc: the flesh is dal'kCI' and lJrUe1• than that of the goose: the ha.hits of these bit·ds rcsemulc those of the geese. with this dificrcnec, that they do not remain in this c1imato in such numbers during the wintct~ as the othe1·s, and that they set out cal'licl' in the fall season on theia· rctut·n to the outh, and a1·rivc late•· in the spl'ing than the goose. Tlwrc is no difference Let ween this bird n.nd that called simply the brant, so common on the lake~, on the Ohio and ~lis. sissippi. 'l'he small goose ol' this connt•·y is rathc1· less than the bt·ant; its bead aml ucek lik(' t.hc brant. 3. The pied brant w<'i!;h about ci~ht and a laalf pounds, uitrcring fr·ona the ordinal')' pit·<l lu·aut in their wiugs, which arc neither so long noJ' so pointl'd: the Lmse of the beak is for a little listancc whit<~, sucltlcnly sucecedctl by a na1·row line of dark IJI'own: the t'tmaaimll'r of lho neck, head, back, wiugs and tail, all exct~pl the tips of the feathers, are of' a bluish bt•own of the <~ommon wild goos<': the b•·cast and belly are white, with an i.rr•·gulnr mixture ofblaek feathers, which give those parts a pied aJ,pearance. F1·orn the legs back underoeatla the ta.il and a1·ound its junction with the bolly above, the feathc•·s arc white: the tail is composed of eighteen feathe1·s, the longest in the centre, and measure' |