HUTCHINS GOOSE. 



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Dates of departure in the fall of the Canada goose. 



Place. 



Columbia Falls, Mont 



Aweme, Miuiitoba 



Southern ( )n tario 



SoutliLTU Michigan 



Central Minnesota 



Central Iowa 



Keokuk, Iowa 



Central Nebraska 



Prince Edward Island 



Grand Manan, New Brun.swick 



Montreal, Canada 



Southern Massachusetts 



Mantauk Point, Long Island... 



Renovo, Pa 



Central Pennsylvania 



Berwyn, Pa 



Central New .Tersey 



Latest date 



of last one 



seen. 



Nov 

 Dec. 

 Nov 

 Nov 

 Dec, 

 Dec 

 Dec 



Dec 

 Nov, 

 Nov 

 Dec 

 Dec. 

 Nov 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 



24, 1895 



2,1899 



. 10, 1901 



. 25,1890 



1,1890 



20, 1904 



4, 1900 



22. 1889 



20. 1890 

 . 14, 1890 

 . 28, 1877 



19, 18,H9 



18, 1903 



6,1899 



15. 1891 

 10,19t2 



<i A few winter. 

 Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). .Hutchins Goose. 



Breeding range. — This is the most northern of the several forms of 

 Canada goose and nests from Melville Peninsula north to latitude 70° 

 and west aloner the shores and islands of the Arctic coast to the mouth 

 of the Mackenzie and throuo^h the interior of Alaska to the Kowak 

 River. Apparently it does not ])reed in the interior of North America 

 south of the l^arren Grounds, but on the Pacific coast it breeds in the 

 valley of the Kowak River and south to the mouth of the Knik River; 

 also abundantly in the western Aleutians and on the Near Islands. 

 One was taken June 10 at Kingwah Fjord and a few have been taken 

 at Disco and Godhaven, Greenland, but there seems to be no breeding 

 record ea.st of Hudson Bay. 



Winter rmige. — The Hutchins goose seems to be more common in 

 California during the winter season than elsewhere, though it is not 

 rare in the rest of the southern United States west of the Mississippi 

 River. Its normal eastern range is to Hudson Bay, Illinois, and 

 Louisiana. It is known as a rare migrant in Maine and a century ago 

 seems to have been not uncommon on the New England coast. A few 

 pass through western New York, Ontario, and Ohio, and less rarely 

 through Indiana. Southern Wisconsin seems to be the farthest north 

 that it has been recorded in the interior during the winter season. It 

 appears to be unknown on the Atlantic coast south of Virginia, but 

 on the Pacific it passes south to San Rafael, Lower California, and 

 probably to Lake Chapala, Jalisco, and winters north to southern 

 British Columbia. One specimen is recorded from the city of Vera 

 Cruz, Mexico, where it was accidental. 



Sprhig migration. — Records are insufiicicnt to allow of exact state- 

 ments in regard to the movements of the Hutchins goose. In general 

 it can be said that it mitrrates later than B. canadensis. The average 



