﻿CANADA 
  GOOSE. 
  

  

  73 
  

  

  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. 
  

   Mar 
  

   Mar. 
  19 
  

   Mar. 
  20 
  

   Mar. 
  7 
  

   Mar. 
  13 
  

   Mar. 
  20 
  

   Mar. 
  19 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  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. 
  

  

  15, 
  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 
  

  

  Blooinington, 
  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....... 
  

  

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  few 
  winter 
  

  

  8 
  

  

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  11 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  Feb. 
  22 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  Mar. 
  14 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  Feb. 
  22 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  Mar. 
  2 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Mar. 
  5 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Feb. 
  8 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  Feb. 
  19 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  Mar. 
  14 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  Mar. 
  11 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  Mar. 
  9 
  

  

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  Mar. 
  16 
  

  

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  13 
  

  

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  5 
  

  

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  13 
  

  

  19 
  

  

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  14 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  Apr. 
  4 
  

  

  10 
  

  

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  16 
  

  

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  1 
  

  

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  Feb. 
  17 
  

  

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  1 
  

  

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  4 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  Mar. 
  13 
  

  

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  Mar. 
  18 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Mar. 
  21 
  

  

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  Mar. 
  22 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  Mar. 
  27 
  

  

  7 
  

  

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  (a) 
  

  

  14, 
  1888 
  

   15, 
  1897 
  

  

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  23, 
  1895 
  

   17, 
  1903 
  

  

  2. 
  1902 
  

  

  12. 
  1893 
  

   4, 
  1890 
  

  

  13, 
  1891 
  

   19, 
  1905 
  

  

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  1888 
  

   11,1885 
  

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  1890 
  

  

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  1903 
  

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  1890 
  

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  1903 
  

   24, 
  1901 
  

  

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  1886 
  

   28, 
  1895 
  

  

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  1894 
  

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  1886 
  

  

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  1889 
  

  

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   11,1885 
  

  

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