peared. During the night they have taken up their long flight toward the 

 south. This journey does not go on continuously, but the birds stop to feed 

 and associate with their friends here and there on the way. 



In the southern states you may find this bird in winter enjoying the 

 company of friends and neighbors ; but wherever found, or under whatever 

 conditions you see it, the chipping sparrow shows a gentleness in disposition 

 which insures for it the friendship of all who study its ways and spy upon its 

 coming and going. 



danada Goose (Branta canadensis canadensis) 



Range: Breeds from the valley of lower Yukon, northwestern Mackenzie, 

 and central Keewatin south to southern Oregon, northern Colorado, Nebraska, 

 and Indiana ; winters from southern British Columbia, southern Colorado, south- 

 ern Wisconsin, southern Illinois, and New Jersey south to southern California, 

 Texas, and Florida. 



This, one of the largest of our waterfowl, is notable in many respects other 

 than mere size. The wedge-shaped flocks of wild geese that, spring and fall, 

 with melodious honking, wing their way respectively to their breeding and 

 wintering grounds are a very familiar sight, and advertise in a most spectacular 

 way that wonderful phenomenon — bird migration. The bird observer of specu- 

 lative mind may find interest in answering the question — Why do geese usually 

 fly in wedge formation? Is it because the powerful wings of the leader make 

 easier the passage of those behind him or, as suggested by Forbush, does the 

 wedge formation enable each individual member of the flock to see better ? 



Formerly the Canada goose, despite its name, nested in much of our ter- 

 ritory and as far south at least as Massachusetts. Today comparatively few 

 geese nest within our borders, although flocks of goslings, convoyed by their 

 parents, may still be seen on some of our western lakes. The "honker" is still 

 far from extinct, and owes its present numbers both to the fact that it nests 

 chiefly in the unfrequented territory of the far North, where its only enemies 

 are the wild beast and the roving Indian, and to its wariness, the result of much 

 and long-continued persecution. 



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