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  NORTH 
  AMERICAN 
  DUCKS, 
  GEESE, 
  AND 
  SWANS. 
  

  

  Dates 
  of 
  arrival 
  in 
  spring 
  of 
  the 
  Canada 
  goose 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

   MISSISSIPPI 
  VALLEY— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Place. 
  

  

  Central 
  Kansas 
  , 
  

  

  Southern 
  Nebraska 
  

  

  Omaha, 
  Nebr 
  

  

  Huron, 
  S. 
  Dak., 
  and 
  vicinity 
  

  

  Grand 
  View, 
  S. 
  Dak., 
  and 
  vicinity 
  

  

  Argusville, 
  N. 
  Dak 
  

  

  Larimore, 
  N. 
  Dak 
  

  

  Aweme, 
  Manitoba 
  

  

  Reaburn, 
  Manitoba 
  

  

  Qu' 
  Appelle, 
  Saskatchewan 
  

  

  Bulyea, 
  Saskatchewan 
  

  

  Indian 
  Head, 
  Saskatchewan 
  

  

  Fort 
  Vermillion, 
  Alberta 
  

  

  Reindeer 
  Lake, 
  Saskatchewan 
  

  

  Fort 
  Simpson, 
  Mackenzie 
  

  

  Rathdrum, 
  Idaho 
  

  

  Great 
  Falls, 
  Mont 
  

  

  Columbia 
  Falls, 
  Mont 
  

  

  Terry, 
  Mont 
  

  

  Num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  

   years' 
  

   record. 
  

  

  Average 
  

   date 
  of 
  

   spring 
  

   arrival. 
  

  

  Feb. 
  13 
  

   Feb. 
  21 
  

   Feb. 
  26 
  

   Mar. 
  17 
  

   Feb. 
  23 
  

   Mar. 
  23 
  

   Mar. 
  21 
  

   Mar. 
  29 
  

   Apr. 
  2 
  

   ...do... 
  

  

  Apr. 
  I 
  

  

  Apr. 
  30 
  

   Apr. 
  28 
  

   Feb. 
  24 
  

   Mar. 
  12 
  

   Mar. 
  24 
  

   Mar. 
  27 
  

  

  Earliest 
  date 
  

   of 
  spring 
  

   arrival. 
  

  

  («) 
  

   («) 
  

  

  Feb. 
  12, 
  

   Mar. 
  2, 
  

   Jan. 
  27, 
  

   Mar. 
  8, 
  

   Mar. 
  16, 
  

   Mar. 
  9, 
  

   Mar. 
  25, 
  

   Mar. 
  25, 
  

   Apr. 
  10, 
  

   Feb. 
  24, 
  

   Apr. 
  15, 
  

   Apr. 
  17, 
  

   Apr. 
  22, 
  

   Feb. 
  3, 
  

   Mar. 
  10, 
  

   Mar. 
  17, 
  

   Feb. 
  28, 
  

  

  1889 
  

   1891 
  

   1892 
  

   1894 
  

   1905 
  

   1900 
  

   1905 
  

   1904 
  

   1905 
  

   1904 
  

   1889 
  

   1904 
  

   1901 
  

   1889 
  

   1895 
  

   1892 
  

  

  «A 
  few 
  winter. 
  

   Dates 
  of 
  departure 
  in 
  spring 
  of 
  the 
  Canada 
  goose. 
  

  

  Place. 
  

  

  Num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  

   years' 
  

   record. 
  

  

  Average 
  

  

  date 
  of 
  

  

  last 
  one 
  

  

  seen. 
  

  

  Latest 
  date 
  

  

  of 
  last 
  one 
  

  

  seen. 
  

  

  Central 
  West 
  Virginia 
  

  

  Central 
  Maryland 
  : 
  

  

  Berwyn, 
  Pa 
  

  

  Renovo, 
  Pa 
  

  

  Central 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  Central 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  Oak 
  Orchard 
  Light. 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Montauk 
  Point 
  Light, 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  Southern 
  Mississippi 
  

  

  Keokuk, 
  Iowa 
  

  

  Grapevine, 
  Tex 
  

  

  Northern 
  Texas 
  

  

  Apr. 
  1 
  

  

  Apr. 
  4 
  

  

  Apr. 
  11 
  

  

  Apr. 
  15 
  

  

  Apr. 
  9 
  

  

  Apr. 
  16 
  

  

  Apr. 
  22 
  

   Mar. 
  26 
  

   Apr. 
  3 
  

   Apr. 
  4 
  

   Apr. 
  4 
  

  

  Apr. 
  21,1886 
  

  

  Apr. 
  22,1890 
  

  

  Apr. 
  24,1898 
  

  

  Apr. 
  16,1900 
  

  

  May 
  5, 
  1894 
  

  

  May 
  9, 
  1887 
  

  

  May 
  14,1890 
  

  

  Apr. 
  29,1890 
  

  

  Apr. 
  20,1903 
  

  

  Apr. 
  23,1893 
  

  

  Apr. 
  15,1899 
  

  

  Apr. 
  9, 
  1885 
  

  

  Spring 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  Canada 
  goose. 
  

  

  "Year. 
  

  

  Central 
  

   Missouri. 
  

  

  Frank- 
  

   fort, 
  Ind. 
  

  

  Southern 
  

   Iowa. 
  

  

  Chicago, 
  

   111. 
  

  

  Southern 
  

   Wiscon- 
  

   sin. 
  

  

  South- 
  

   ern 
  

   Michi- 
  

   gan. 
  

  

  1884 
  

  

  Feb. 
  1 
  

  

  

  

  Mar. 
  15 
  

  

  Mar. 
  29 
  

   Mar. 
  17 
  

   Mar. 
  12 
  

   Mar. 
  18 
  

   Mar. 
  7 
  

  

  Mar. 
  16 
  

   Mar. 
  28 
  

   Mar. 
  16 
  

   Mar. 
  6 
  

   Mar. 
  15 
  

   Mar. 
  15 
  

   Mar. 
  19 
  

  

  Mar. 
  15 
  

  

  1885 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  2 
  

   Feb. 
  23 
  

   Feb. 
  28 
  

   Mar. 
  1 
  

  

  Mar 
  2 
  

   Feb. 
  26 
  

  

  Mar. 
  27 
  

  

  1886 
  

  

  Feb. 
  10 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  12 
  

  

  1887 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  8 
  

  

  1888 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  14 
  

  

  1889 
  

  

  Feb. 
  11 
  

  

  Feb- 
  15 
  

  

  Mar. 
  18 
  

  

  1890 
  

  

  Mar. 
  7 
  

  

  1891 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  2 
  

  

  Mar. 
  10 
  

  

  1892 
  

  

  

  

  Feb. 
  26 
  

   Feb. 
  26 
  

   Mar. 
  1 
  

  

  Mar. 
  4 
  

   Mar. 
  10 
  

   Mar. 
  3 
  

   Mar. 
  12 
  

   Mar. 
  8 
  

   Mar. 
  19 
  

   Mar. 
  9 
  

  

  

  1893 
  

  

  Feb. 
  4 
  

  

  Feb. 
  12 
  

   Feb. 
  14 
  

   Feb. 
  25 
  

   Feb. 
  21 
  

   Feb. 
  .14 
  

   Feb. 
  17 
  

   Feb. 
  20 
  

   Feb. 
  21 
  

   Feb. 
  27 
  

  

  Mar. 
  12 
  

   Mar. 
  9 
  

   Mar. 
  13 
  

   Mar. 
  6 
  

   Mar. 
  16 
  

   Mar. 
  10 
  

   Mar. 
  21 
  

   Mar. 
  13 
  

   Mar. 
  16 
  

   Mar. 
  19 
  

   Mar. 
  13 
  

  

  

  1894 
  

  

  Mar. 
  16 
  

  

  1895 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  25 
  

  

  1896 
  

  

  

  Feb. 
  25 
  

  

  

  1897 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  8 
  

  

  1898 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  5 
  

  

  

  1899 
  

  

  

  

  1900 
  

  

  

  Feb. 
  28 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  26 
  

  

  1901 
  

  

  

  

  Mar. 
  27 
  

  

  1902 
  

  

  Feb. 
  11 
  

   Feb. 
  10 
  

   Feb. 
  20 
  

   Feb. 
  22 
  

   Feb. 
  11 
  

  

  Feb. 
  28 
  

   Mar. 
  1 
  

   Feb. 
  29 
  

   Feb. 
  26 
  

   Mar. 
  1 
  

  

  Mar. 
  9 
  

   Mar. 
  17 
  

   Mar. 
  13 
  

   Mar. 
  18 
  

   Mar. 
  13 
  

  

  Mar. 
  14 
  

  

  1903 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  8 
  

  

  1904 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  8 
  

  

  1905 
  

  

  

  

  Mar. 
  11 
  

  

  Average 
  

  

  Feb. 
  19 
  

  

  Mar. 
  14 
  

  

  Mar. 
  14 
  

  

  

  

  

  