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The Book of Woodcraft
Wild Goose, Canada Goose or Honker
is one of the wildest
and most beautiful of
ducks. It nests in hol-
low trees and is found
in North America up to
about latitude 50 de-
grees. (
Wild Goose, Canada
Goose or Honker (Branta
canadensis). This fine
bird is about three feet
long. Its head and neck
are black; its cheek
patch white; its body
gray; its tail black with
white coverts above and
below. It is found up
to the Arctic regions,
and breeds north of
about latitude 45 de-
grees. It is easily tamed
and reared in captivity.
Swan. There are two
kinds of Swan found in
America: The Trum-
peter {Olor buccinator),
which is almost extinct,
is very large and has a
black bill, and the Whis-
tling Swan (Olorcolumbi-
anus), which is smaller
— about five feet long
and seven feet across.
Its plumage is pure
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