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among the flocks which had been wintering there. But all this move- 
ment was cut short by the cold of February and the first week of March. 
During the rest of February there was but little movement and no real 
progress. Geese were reported during February from Richmond, Iowa, 
Osceola, I]., and Linwood, Nebr., but were not noted from neighbor- 
ing stations, and were not followed by more until March. They must 
be considered as irregular migrants possessed of more ambition than 
brains. 
The real migratory movement dates from February 26. On this day 
the regular migrants began to pass over Eagle Pass, Tex., and the great 
bulk began to leave southern Louisiana. This wave reached Caddo, 
Ind. Ter., March 3; Darlington, Ind. Ter., March 5, and latitude 39° in 
Missouri and Illinois about the 10th. From this parallel northward the 
advance will be traced along the three lines of migration: east and 
west of the Mississippi, and along the prairie region. March 13 the 
flight advanced to latitude 41° 36’ in Illinois; March 15 to latitude 31° 
51/ at Chicago, where a flock of over a thousand was seen flying east, 
probably aiming for the open waters of the lake; March 16 to latitude 
41° 58’ in Illinois, and latitude 429 37’ in Wisconsin; March 20 and 21 
to latitude 43° 02’, 43° 06’, and 43° 47’ in Wisconsin. West-of the Mis- 
sissippi the record reads: March 13 the advance was at latitude 419 
05’, and latitude 41° 19’ in Iowa; March 12 it was at latitude 41° 38/ 
and 41° 42’ in Iowa; March 14 at latitude 41° 40’ and latitude 42° 01’ 
in Iowa; March 15 at latitude 42° and 42° 55’ in Iowa. Hence it ap- 
pears that from the 12th to the 15th of March many Geese were passing 
through central Iowa. March 20 they were reported at latitude 43°19’ 
in Iowa; March 22 at latitude 43° 43’ in Minnesota; and March 23 at 
latitude 44° 47’, 45° 05’, and 45° 25’ in Minnesota, and at Portage la 
Prairie, Manitoba (latitude 50°). 
On the prairies the notes indicate arrivals, March 13, at latitude 42° 
56’, in Dakota; March 20, at latitude 44° 15’, 44° 21’, and 46°, in Dakota; 
March 24, at latitude 46° 58’ and 47° 52’, in Dakota; and April 3, at 
Two Rivers, Manitoba, latitude 49° 28’. 
The bulk passed through northern Illinois about March 19, through 
southern Wisconsin March 23, and the middle of the State March 27. 
It crossed Iowa from March 20 to March 22, and reached central Min- 
nesota about the 1st of April. Still further west the bulk came to 
latitude 39°, in Kansas, about the middle of March, passed through Ne- 
braska the 18th to 20th, and was uniformly reported in Dakota, up to 
latitude 46°, on March 24; and then, as if delayed by the April storms, 
was not given at latitude 46° 58’, in Dakota, until April 22. The bulk 
left southern Wisconsin about April 1, and Kansas the first week of the 
month. Wecan not help envying Mr. Powell, who writes, that April 
11 they were gradually leaving Alda, Nebr., after coming all in a bunch, 
and that he killed forty in one day over decoys in the Platte river. 
