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parture : Florida, Marion County, May 22 ; Texas, Grapevine, April 

 15; southern Mississippi, April 20; Kentucl^, Bowling Green, May 

 7; central Maryland, April 22; central New Jersey, May 9; Massa- 

 chusetts, Cape Cod, May 26; California, Gridley, April 11. 



Fall migration. — Early dates of arrival : Central Massachusetts, 

 September 4; Long Island, Montauk Point, September 30; Virginia, 

 Alexandria, October 5; South Carolina, Anderson, October 10; 

 Florida, Wakulla County, October 9 ; northern Nebraska, September 

 7 ; central Iowa, September 16 ; central Missouri, September 23 ; Ken- 

 tuckj^. Bowling Green, September 22 ; California, Gridley, November 

 5. Average dates of arrival : Central Massachusetts, October 11 ; 

 Long Island, Montauk Point, October 20 ; central New Jersey, Octo- 

 ber 18 ; Virginia, Alexandria, October 20 ; northern Nebraska, Octo- 

 ber 7; central Wisconsin, October 12; central Indiana, October 19; 

 southern Mississippi, November 12. Late dates of departure : Quebec, 

 Hatley, November 25; Prince Edward Island, December 22; south- 

 ern Ontario, November 10 ; southern Michigan, November 25 ; central 

 Minnesota, December 1; Manitoba, Aweme, December 2; Montana, 

 Columbia Falls, November 24. 



Casual records. — Accidental in Bermuda (fall, 1874, and January 

 and February, 1875) and the West Indies (Jamaica). 



Egg dates. — Northern Canada : Eighteen records. May 18 to July 

 14; nine records, Jime 19 to July 9. Litah and Nevada: Sixteen 

 records, March 29 to May 19; eight records, April 18 to 27. North 

 Dakota and Saskatchewan: Thirteen records, April 29 to July 19; 

 seven records, May 9 to June 3. Labrador and Newfoundland : 

 Eleven records. May 24 to July 7 ; six records, June 4 to 13. 



BRANTA CANADENSIS HUTCHINSI (Richardson) 



HUTCHINS GOOSE 



HABITS 



After writing such a full life history of the Canada goose, it seems 

 unnecessary to go over the same ground again in writing about this 

 small northern subspecies, which, though it differs somewhat in 

 habits from its larger relative, has many characteristics in common 

 with it. There seems to be little doubt that hutchinsi is a true sub- 

 species of the canadensis., for it seems to be exactly like it except in 

 size, and perhaps in the number of tail feathers, which is variable in 

 both forms. The other two, so called, subspecies can not be so 

 satisfactorily placed. 



Spring. — The Hutchins goose is a later migrant than the Canada 

 goose, probably because it goes so much farther north to breed. It 

 is said to pass through the Hudson Bay region at about the same 



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