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Eeport of State Geolocms'I'. 



Whitewater. Tlie latter winter a small Hock reinaiiicd in the vicinity 

 of Brookville, through zero wcatlier, until the last were 

 killed, some time in January. Tlic wintor of 1S88-8J» the}' remained 

 in some numbers on the Kankakee all winter. 



Often they begin moving wiih the .lannary thaw, and hv February, 

 some years, if the waters are o]hmk are to he found Throughout the 

 Stafe. 



Ciinada Goose. 



Their forwardness sometimes bi'ing.< tlieni to grief.* Oeeasionally 

 cold weather follows their movements, and they are compelled to pass 

 a .season of severity while in the midst of their migrations. March 9, 

 1889, and February 14, 1891, the marshes at English i^ake were cov- 

 ered with ice, and the. geese were sitting on the ice. February 23, 

 1894, the 'I'olleston marshes weie covered with ice. and gee-!e sat on the 

 ice. (Deane.) 



These geese are among the iirst liirds to move. They do not follow 

 the course of streams, but go over wood and meadow, ri\er and town, 

 attracting the watcher by the flight, in single file or two lines, meeting 

 in a point, and calling the attention of the inattentive by the melo- 

 dious lionh-liouk of the old u'ander who leads the van. Thus, theirs 



