And Dodo, who had learned not to tease during her happy summer, nestled up to Olive and said, "I smell a secret somewhere, but I can wait; for I know that hereabouts secrets are always nice surprises." When five more tables had been written--the last ones Uncle Roy gave the children this summer--they were like this: The Canada Goose Length three feet or more.
Body brown above, gray below, with black head, neck, tail, and long feathers of the wings, the tail white at the roots above and below, the head with a large white patch like a napkin folded under the chin.
Bill and feet black, the toes webbed like a Duck's or tame Goose's; but the wild Canada Goose is not the kind that our tame Geese came from.
A Citizen of North America, and a great traveller in spring and fall, when flocks fly high overhead in a wedge-shaped figure or in a long line, with one old Gander leading, and all crying "honk, honk, honk!" The nest is placed on the ground, sometimes on a tree or cliff, in various parts of the United States and Canada.

The flesh is excellent for the table if the roast Goose is a young tender one, but beware of an elderly Wild Goose! [Illustration: Canada Goose] The American Herring Gull Length two feet.
Plumage pure white, with a pearly-blue mantle on the back and wings, the long feathers of the wings marked with black.
Bill yellow, with a red spot, stout and hooked at the end.

Feet flesh-colored, the front toe webbed like a Duck's or Goose's, but the hind toe very short indeed.
In winter the head and neck streaked with gray.

Young birds all patched with gray and black, the bill black.
A Citizen of North America, and a member of the guild of Sea Sweepers.
He nests in summer in the Northern States, and in the fall travels south.

He can sleep standing on one leg or floating on the water.