148 CONSERVATION OF CANADIAN WILD LIFE 
and protection, but desired to learn something of their 
movements when they left him, for considerable numbers 
also visited him in the fall on their southward journey. 
Accordingly he has made a practice of capturing a number 
of his feathered visitors and marking their legs with alu- 
minium tags, one of which is reproduced (Plate XXII, 3, 4). 
A number of these leg-tags have been returned to him, 
some from the breeding-places of the geese in the north 
and others from their wintering places in the south. As a 
result of this work valuable information has been secured. 
From ten wild geese marked in 1915-1916, six tags were 
returned from the following places: In the north, where 
they were breeding: Moose Factory, Paint Hill, Watts 
Island, and Fort George, all on James Bay. In the south, 
where they winter: Nag Head and Currituck Sound, North 
Carolina. 
The work of Mr. Miner serves as an admirable object 
lesson in wild-life protection. There is no reason why his 
example should not be followed by others in all parts of 
Canada. The educational value of such protection cannot 
be overestimated, and the results that would accrue from a 
wider adoption of such a scheme are incalculable as a means 
of increasing the numbers of our migratory game and other 
birds. We fervently hope that his example will be followed 
throughout the Dominion. 
Hutchins’s Goose.—This is a smaller Western variety of 
the Canada goose, with which it frequently associates. It is 
a common visitor in the spring and fall in the western prov- 
inces, from Manitoba to British Columbia. In Manitoba 
it has become fairly plentiful in recent years, and to some 
extent has taken the place of the Canada goose; they may 
be found on the stubble about the end of September. In 
British Columbia it is a common migrant in the spring and 
fall, and a number winter on the coast of British Columbia. 
It breeds abundantly on the delta of the Yukon River, on 
