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Wintei' range. — Mainly western United States. East regularlj'- 

 to the Mississippi Valley, rare in the P^astern States, and only casual 

 on the Atlantic coast. South re<iularly to the Gulf coasts of Louisi- 

 ana and Texas and probably jMexico and Lower California (San 

 Eafael Valley). . West nearly or quite to the Pacific coast. North 

 to southern British Columbia (mouth of Fraser River), northei'n 

 Colorado (Barr Lake), Nebraska, southern Illinois, and rarely to 

 southern Wisconsin. On the Asiatic coast south to Japan. 



SpriiKj inigratlon. — -Early dates of arrival: Manitoba, Aweme, 

 April 2 (average April 12) ; Saskatchewan, Indian Head, April 

 29; British Columbia. Sumas, April 10; Alaska, Admiralty Island, 

 April 18. Kuskokwim River, April 30, and Kowak River, May 14. 

 Late dates of departure: Texas, Houston, April 18; California, 

 Gridley, April 26; British Columbia, May 20. 



Fall 77iif/ration. — Early dates of arrival : Manitoba, Aweme, Sep- 

 tember 13 ; Montana, Terry, September 22 ; British Columbia, 

 Sumas. October 4; Wisconsin. Delavan, October 12; LTtah, Bear 

 River, October 9; California, Gridley, October 9. Late dates of de- 

 parture : Hudson Straits, Wales Sound, September G ; Great Bear 

 Lake, September 25; Mackenzie, Fort Wrigley, October 12; Mani- 

 toba, Aweme, November 20; Alaska, Kowak River, September 14; 

 British Columbia, November 25. 



Casual records. — Has wandered east to Greenland (Disco and 

 Godhaven), Maine (Cape Elizabeth, November 13, 1894), and Vir- 

 ginia (Cobb Island, winter of 1888-89), and south to Florida 

 (Wakulla County, March 12, 1918), and Mexico (Vera Cruz and 

 probably Lake Chapala, Jalisco). 



Egg dates. — Arctic Canada: Eighteen records. May 17 to July 14; 

 nine records, June 14 to July 5. Alaska : Thirteen records. May 25 

 to June 28; seven records June 1 to 11. 



BRANTA CANADENSIS OCCIDENTALIS (Baird) 

 WHITE-CHEEKED GOOSE 



HABITS 



This large, dark-breasted form of the Canada goose seems to be 

 a well-marked race of decidedly local distribution, occupying the 

 northvrest coast region from Prince William Sound, Alaska, to Brit- 

 ish Columbia. It is practically nonmigratory and does not wander 

 far inland at any season. It is another one of the many saturated 

 forms conlined to this humid coast strip. Its specific status has been 

 much discussed and is by no means definitel}^ settled; this will be 

 referred to under the next subspecies. It was formerly recorded by 

 several observers as breedinj; in the lakes of the interior as far south 



