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 ci 

 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 



