﻿CANADA 
  GOOSE. 
  

   Spring 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  Canada 
  goose 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  75 
  

  

  Year. 
  

  

  Southern 
  

   Ontario. 
  

  

  Ottawa, 
  

   Ontario. 
  

  

  Lari- 
  

  

  more, 
  

  

  N. 
  Dak. 
  

  

  Aweme, 
  

   Mani- 
  

   toba. 
  

  

  Reaburn, 
  

   Mani- 
  

   toba. 
  

  

  Terry, 
  

   Mont. 
  

  

  1884 
  

  

  Mar. 
  13 
  

   Mar. 
  25 
  

  

  

  

  Apr. 
  1 
  

  

  

  

  1885 
  . 
  

  

  

  Apr. 
  3 
  

   Mar. 
  22 
  

  

  

  

  1886 
  

  

  

  

  

  1887 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  1888 
  

  

  Mar. 
  19 
  

   Mar. 
  12 
  

   Mar. 
  12 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  1889 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  16 
  

   Mar. 
  24 
  

  

  

  

  

  1890 
  

  

  Mar. 
  28 
  

  

  Mar. 
  20 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  27 
  

  

  1891 
  

  

  

  

  1892 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  1893 
  

  

  

  Apr. 
  8 
  

   Apr. 
  12 
  

   Apr. 
  12 
  

   Apr. 
  10 
  

   Mar. 
  31 
  

   Mar. 
  29 
  

   Apr. 
  8 
  

   Apr. 
  5 
  

  

  

  

  

  Apr. 
  2 
  

   Mar. 
  18 
  

  

  18P4 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  16 
  

   Mar. 
  22 
  

  

  

  A.pr. 
  7 
  

  

  1895 
  

  

  Mar. 
  26 
  

  

  

  

  1896 
  

  

  Mar. 
  26 
  

   Apr. 
  7 
  

   Apr. 
  7 
  

   Apr. 
  9 
  

   Mar. 
  23 
  

   Mar. 
  28 
  

   Mar. 
  14 
  

   Mar. 
  28 
  

   Mar. 
  30 
  

  

  Mar. 
  28 
  

   Apr. 
  8 
  

   Apr. 
  7 
  

   Apr. 
  10 
  

   Mar. 
  25 
  

   Apr. 
  2 
  

   Mar. 
  27 
  

   Mar. 
  27 
  

  

  Mar. 
  27 
  

  

  1897 
  

  

  Mar. 
  12 
  

   Mar. 
  14 
  

  

  

  Apr. 
  4 
  

   Apr. 
  3 
  

  

  1898 
  

  

  

  1899 
  

  

  

  1900 
  

  

  Mar. 
  13 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  25 
  

  

  1901 
  

  

  

  

  1902 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  1903 
  

  

  

  

  

  Apr. 
  i 
  

  

  1904 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  26 
  

   Mar. 
  31 
  

   Apr. 
  4 
  

  

  Mar. 
  24 
  

   Mar. 
  21 
  

  

  Mar. 
  22 
  

  

  

  Mar. 
  16 
  

  

  

  

  

  Mar. 
  29 
  

  

  Apr. 
  2 
  

  

  Mar. 
  27 
  

  

  

  

  The 
  Canada 
  goose 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  earliest 
  water 
  bird 
  to 
  migrate 
  in 
  spring, 
  

   and 
  throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  course 
  of 
  its 
  journey 
  from 
  its 
  winter 
  home 
  

   to 
  the 
  Arctic 
  coast 
  it 
  keeps 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  melting 
  ice 
  and 
  the 
  opening 
  

   streams. 
  The 
  following 
  dates 
  seem 
  a 
  fair 
  average 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   arrival 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  districts: 
  

  

  Locality. 
  

  

  Southeastern 
  Iowa. 
  . 
  

   Southern 
  Minnesota 
  

   Central 
  Minnesota 
  . 
  . 
  

   Southern 
  Manitoba 
  . 
  

  

  Alberta 
  

  

  Southern 
  Mackenzie 
  

   Northern 
  Mackenzie 
  

  

  Latitude. 
  

  

  o 
  

  

  , 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  44 
  

  

  00 
  

  

  46 
  

  

  00 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  00 
  

  

  58 
  

  

  00 
  

  

  62 
  

  

  00 
  

  

  66 
  

  

  00 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  Feb. 
  20 
  

  

  Mar. 
  19 
  

  

  Mar. 
  28 
  

  

  Apr. 
  6 
  

  

  Apr. 
  22 
  

  

  May 
  3 
  

  

  May 
  12 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  time 
  occupied 
  in 
  passing 
  from 
  one 
  district 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  is 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  the 
  distance 
  traveled, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  speed 
  varies 
  

   widely 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  migration 
  route. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  

   approximate 
  averages: 
  

  

  From 
  latitude 
  40° 
  to 
  latitude 
  44°, 
  9 
  miles 
  per 
  day. 
  

   From 
  latitude 
  44° 
  to 
  latitude 
  46°, 
  15 
  miles 
  per 
  day. 
  

   From 
  latitude 
  46° 
  to 
  latitude 
  50°, 
  20 
  miles 
  per 
  day. 
  

   From 
  latitude 
  50° 
  to 
  latitude 
  58°, 
  23 
  miles 
  per 
  day. 
  

   From 
  latitude 
  58° 
  to 
  latitude 
  62°, 
  25 
  miles 
  per 
  day. 
  

   From 
  latitude 
  62° 
  to 
  latitude 
  66°, 
  30 
  miles 
  per 
  day. 
  

  

  A 
  great 
  many 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  Canada 
  goose 
  at 
  

   the 
  posts 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson's 
  Bay 
  Company 
  are 
  available. 
  Since 
  this 
  bird 
  

   forms 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  food, 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   company's 
  employees, 
  a 
  record 
  is 
  kept 
  of 
  its 
  arrival 
  each 
  .spring, 
  and 
  

   a 
  reward 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  person 
  that 
  secures 
  the 
  first 
  one. 
  These 
  

  

  