Excerpt: ...the European types are perfectly fertile when bred together. Pg 164 Would their wild ancestors (supposing them to have the same characteristics) be equally fertile? Unless we can find a wild ancestor for the Chinese type, all that we know of the relations of domestic races points to the conclusion that they, like the European races, are descended from the Gray Lag Goose. The variety known as the African Goose is a larger and coarser type of the Brown China, and is probably obtained by crossing with the Toulouse ...
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Excerpt: ...the European types are perfectly fertile when bred together. Pg 164 Would their wild ancestors (supposing them to have the same characteristics) be equally fertile? Unless we can find a wild ancestor for the Chinese type, all that we know of the relations of domestic races points to the conclusion that they, like the European races, are descended from the Gray Lag Goose. The variety known as the African Goose is a larger and coarser type of the Brown China, and is probably obtained by crossing with the Toulouse or by selection from mixed flocks. Nothing definite is known of the origin of this type, but to any one familiar with the stock in the goose-growing district of Rhode Island, and with the breeding methods of the farmers there as applied in the development of the Rhode Island Red fowl, it appears probable that African Geese came from this district. Fig. 145. African Geese on a Rhode Island farm Ornamental varieties. There are two ornamental varieties of domestic geese and quite a number of species of wild geese that are kept in collections of fancy waterfowl. The Sebastopol Goose evidently belongs to the common domestic species. It is Pg 165 about the size of the common goose, is white in color, and has a peculiar development of some of the feathers of the body and wings, this development of the plumage giving the variety its ornamental character. A number of feathers on the back of this bird are long and twisted, as if they had been loosely curled, and lie in a wavy mass on the back and rump. The Egyptian Goose is the smallest domestic goose. It is unlike other domestic geese in being quite gaudy in color. It is found in the wild state and also in domestication in many parts of Africa. Sebastopol and Egyptian Geese are rare in this country. Fig. 146. Sebastopol Geese on an English farm The Canada Goose, or American Wild Goose. Few persons in America have not at some time seen a flock of wild geese flying in wedgelike formation as they...
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Good. Cloth 8vo. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. London. The author was an Englishman, many years resident in New Zealand. Gilt cover title and illustration with black decorations. Corners bumped and frayed, stains to front board, edgewear, uncut pages, o/w good+. 261pp. Index. B/w page decorations. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |