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Eepoht of State Geologist. 



WMtewater. The latter winter a small flock remained in the vicinily 

 of Brookville, through zero weather, until the last were 

 killed, some time in January. The winter of 1888-89 they remaiaed 

 in some numbers on the Kankakee all winter. 



Often they begin moving with the January thaw, and by February, 

 some years, if the waters are open, are to be found throughout the 

 State. 



Canada Goose. 



Their forwardness sometimes brings them to grief. Occasionally 

 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 Lake were cov- 

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

 1894, the Tolleston marshes were covered with ice, and geese sat on the 

 ice. (Deane.) 



These geese are among the first birds to move. They do not follow 

 the course of streams, but go over wood and meadow, river 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 honk-honk of the old gander who leads the van. Thus, theirs 



