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goose have been contributed than on any other three waterfowl com- 

 bined. A synopsis of the most important of these notes is presented, 

 both for the purpose of indicating the time of the principal migration 

 movements and also of calling attention to the wide differences in the 

 records from contiguous localities in the case of a locally distributed 

 species like the goose. 



Dates of arrival in spring of the Canada goose. 



ATLANTIC COAST. 



Place. 



Central Maryland 



Berwyn, Pa 



Renovo, Pa 



Hares Valley, Pa 



Central Pennsylvania 



Erie, Pa 



Central New Jersey 



Oak Orchard Light', New York 



Montauk Point, Long Island 



Shelter Island, Long Island 



Central New York 



Plattsburg, N. Y 



Jewett City, Conn 



Central Connecticut 



Block Island Light, Rhode Island . . . 



Framingham, Mass 



Central Massachusetts 



St. Johnsbury, Vt 



Northern Vermont .- 



Southern New Hampshire 



Southern Maine 



Plymouth, Me 



Quebec City, Canada 



Montreal, Canada 



Godbout, Quebec 



Grand Manan, New Brunswick 



Chatham, New Brunswick 



Scotch Lake, New Brunswick 



Pictou, Nova Scotia 



Halifax, Nova Scotia ■ 



North River, Prince Edward Island . 

 Alberton, Prince Edward Island 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 record 



Average 

 date of 

 spring 

 arrival. 



Mar. 22 

 Mar. 5 

 Mar. 15 

 Mar. 12 

 Mar. 17 

 Mar. 21 

 Mar. 22 

 Mar. 18 

 Feb. 24 

 Mar. 14 

 Mar. 13 

 Mar. 22 

 Mar. 19 

 Mar. 17 

 Mar. 16 

 Mar. 26 

 Mar. 17 

 Mar. 21 

 Mar. 23 

 Mar. 21 

 Mar. 24 

 Apr. 1 

 Mar. 27 

 Mar. 22 

 Apr. 8 

 Mar. 22 

 Mar. 19 

 Mar. 20 

 Mar. 7 

 Mar. 13 

 Mar. 20 

 Mar. 19 



Earliest date 

 of spring 

 arrival. 



Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Jan. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Feb. 

 Apr. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 



IB, 1892 



18. 1901 

 12, 1899 

 19, 1887 



13. 1892 

 2,1902 

 4,1890 

 4, 1890 



15. 1893 



10. 1892 

 31, 1890 



17. 1886 

 2, 1902 

 1, 1890 



21,1898 



20. 1887 

 25,1888 



13. 1902 

 13, 1902 

 11,1892 



5. 1902 

 23, 1880 

 1,1894 



15. 1893 

 5,1887 



1, 1890 

 1, 1902 

 14, 1902 

 26, 1889 

 23, 1892 

 9, 1888 

 10, 1889 



MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 



Central Missouri 



Batavia, 111 



Chicago, 111 



Odin, 111 



Lafayette, Ind 



Bloomington, Ind 



New Harmony, Ind 



Frankfort, Ind 



Waterloo, Ind 



Sedan, Ind 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Wauseon, Ohio 



Weymouth, Ohio 



Petersburg, Mich 



Battle Creek, Mich 



Southern Michigan 



Ottawa, Ontario 



Southern Ontario 



Southern Iowa 



Storm Lake, Iowa 



Spirit Lake, Iowa 



Delavan .Wis 



Southern Wisconsin 



Heron Lake, Minn 



Lanesboro, Minn 



St. Paul, Minn 



Elk River, Minn 



Onaga.Kaus 



a A few winter. 



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Feb. 14,1888 

 Jan. 15,1897 



(o) 

 Feb. 23,1895 

 Feb. 17,1903 

 Feb. 2, 1902 

 Feb. 12,1893 

 Feb. 4, 1890 

 Feb. 13,1891 

 Feb. 19,1905 

 Feb. 23,1888 

 11,1885 

 13, 1890 

 8,1903 

 23, 1890 

 Mar. 20,1903 

 Feb. 24,1901 

 Feb. 4, 1890 

 2,1888 

 23, 1886 

 28, 1895 

 27, 1894 

 23,1886 

 15, 1889 

 5,1889 

 Mar. 11,1885 

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Mar. 

 Feb. 

 Mar, 

 Feb. 



Feb 

 Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Mar 

 Mar. 



