74 



NORTH AMERICAN DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 



Dates of arnval in spnng of the Canada goose — Continued. 



MISSISSIPPI VALLEY— Continued. 



Place. 



Central Kansas , 



Soiitlierii -Nebraska 



Oiiialiii. Ni'lir , 



Huron, S. l)ak.. iuid vicinity 



(Jraiid View, S. Dak., and vicinity 



AvKUsvillc. N. Dak 



Lariinore, N. Dak 



Aweiiie. Manitdba 



Rcahurn. Manitol»a , 



Ciu'.\i>pcll('. Saskatchewan 



Biilyea, Saskatchi'wan 



Indian Head, Saskalchewan 



Kurt Vermillion. .Vlbirta 



Reindeer Lake. Saskatchewan 



Fort Siniiisoii. ^hicken7,ie 



Kathdruni, Idaho 



Great Falls, .Mont 



Colnnibia Falls, Mont 



Terry, Mont 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 record. 



4 

 G 

 4 

 6 

 5 

 c 



8 



11 



9 



3 



Average 

 date of 

 spring 

 arrival. 



Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Apr. 

 ...d( 



Earlie.st date 

 of spring 

 arrival. 



Apr. 1 



Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Jan. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Apr. 

 Feb. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Feb. 



(«) 

 («) 



12, 1898 



2, 1889 



27, 1891 



8, 1892 



16. 1894 

 9, 190.=) 



2.5, 1900 

 25, 190.5 

 10, 1901 

 24, 1905 

 15, 1904 

 17, 1889 

 22, 1904 

 3, 1901 

 10,1889 



17. 1895 

 28,1892 



"A few winter. 



Dates of departure in sprinij of the Canada goose. 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 record. 



Central West Virginia 



Central Maryland 



Berwyn, Pa 



Renovo, Pa 



Central Pennsylvania 



Central New Jersey 



Oak (irehiird Light. New York 



Montauk Point Light, Long Island. 



Sou til ern Mississippi 



Keokuk, Iowa 



Grapevine, Tex 



Northern Texas 



3 



5 

 4 

 3 

 10 

 6 



11 

 4 



6 

 11 



7 



Average 



date of 



last one 



seen. 



Apr. 1 



Apr. 4 



Apr. 11 



Apr. 15 



Apr. 9 



Apr. 16 



Apr. 22 

 Mar. 26 

 Apr. 3 

 .\pr. 4 

 Apr. 4 



Latest date 



of la,st one 



.seen. 



.\pr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 



21, 1886 



22, 1890 



24,1898 



16, 1900 



5, 1894 



9, 1887 



14, 1890 



29, 1S90 



20,1903 



23, 1893 



15, 1899 



9,1885 



Spring arrival of the Canada goose. 



