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north; on the 23d a flock was seen in an open pool in the lake, 

 another on 24th late in the evening heard going north ; on 25th a 

 flock seen on the lake, and on 29th several were killed. On April 

 1 a flock heard and another seen in the lake ; on the evening of the 

 4th about 100 were seen in the lake off the Maxinkuckee road. 

 They moved slowly southward until near Fulton's pier. Now and 

 then they would flap their wings and occasionally a honk could 

 be heard. At 5:40 p.m. they all rose, honking, and flew south in 

 a long east-and- west-line. On April 6 (in the afternoon), a flock 

 of seven was seen flying low eastward from the lake; on the 7th 

 a noisy flock alighted in the southeast part of lake, another flock 

 seen and heard on 8th; on 11 th two large flocks, one west of the 

 lake in the morning flying about as if desiring to stop and honking 

 a good deal, the other in the afternoon east of the lake, both finally 

 leaving, going northeast; on 14th a very large flock seen leaving 

 the lake, honking and going south; on 25th several heard both 

 morning and evening. In the spring of 1902, the first flock (of 

 10) was seen March 3, coming from the northwest and going on 

 southeast without stopping; on 13th a flock of 20 or 30 on the ice, 

 leaving in the evening, going west; on 20th fully 200. seen on the 

 lake, with many ducks ; on 23d many geese and ducks on the lake ; 

 no more seen until April 2 when 13 were noted going northwest. 



For 1903 we have but one record, March 7, when several hun- 

 dred were seen on the ice. Our fall records are as follows : On 

 October 17, 1900, a flock of 8 seen flying southwest and calling; 

 November 7, about 5 p. m., two large flocks (of 50 and 60 each) 

 seen flying high across the lake from northeast to southwest and 

 honking loudly ; about same hour another and larger one was seen 

 flying south across the lake; on 9th, a flock of 5 flew over, one of 

 which was shot; on 10th, a very large flock seen going south at 

 5 :30 p. m. ; and on 19th a few were seen. Our only record for the 

 fall of 1901 is December 9 when one flock was seen. They were 

 evidently scarce this fall. In 1904 our first record is for October 

 27 when a flock was seen and another heard at night. Two days 

 later another was heard and seen; others seen on October 30 and 

 31 and still others on November 15. 



In the fall of 1907 they were unusually abundant, from Octo- 

 ber 19, when a flock of 50 was seen flying south, to October 31 

 when at least 15 large flocks were noted. This was perhaps the 

 most remarkable flight of Wild Geese that we have ever observed 

 at Lake Maxinkuckee. The flocks were each regularly arranged 

 in systematic V-shaped order, all were going in a general south- 

 erly direction and with much honking. They were rather common 



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