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  NORTH 
  AMERICAN 
  DUCKS, 
  GEESE, 
  AND 
  SWANS. 
  

  

  records 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  Canada 
  goose 
  is 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  variable 
  of 
  

   birds 
  in 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  its 
  arrival. 
  This 
  is 
  natural, 
  since 
  its 
  migration 
  

   seems 
  to 
  depend 
  almost 
  wholly 
  upon 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  open 
  water, 
  and 
  

   this 
  varies 
  much 
  with 
  the 
  seasons. 
  The 
  record 
  at 
  Fort 
  Simpson 
  cov- 
  

   ers 
  thirteen 
  years 
  between 
  1SS1 
  and 
  1891, 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  

   arrival 
  is 
  April 
  28, 
  with 
  extremes 
  of 
  fifteen 
  days 
  from 
  April 
  23 
  to 
  

   May 
  8. 
  The 
  average 
  variation 
  — 
  the 
  "probable 
  error'' 
  — 
  in 
  time 
  of 
  

   arrival 
  is 
  4.1 
  days. 
  i. 
  e.« 
  if 
  the 
  Canada 
  goose 
  is 
  noted 
  as 
  arriving 
  on 
  a 
  

   certain 
  date 
  in 
  any 
  one 
  }*ear 
  at 
  that 
  latitude 
  the 
  probability 
  is 
  that 
  

   this 
  date 
  is 
  within 
  4.1 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  arrival 
  at 
  that 
  local- 
  

   ity. 
  At 
  Lac 
  du 
  Brochet 
  Post, 
  on 
  Reindeer 
  Lake, 
  Saskatchewan, 
  the 
  

   following 
  are 
  the 
  dates 
  when 
  the 
  first 
  Canada 
  goose 
  was 
  seen: 
  

  

  1874 
  

   1875 
  

   1876 
  

   1877 
  

   1878 
  

   1879 
  

  

  May 
  

   May 
  

   May 
  

  

  Apr. 
  

   Apr. 
  

  

  Apr. 
  

  

  1880. 
  

   1881. 
  

   1882. 
  

   1883. 
  

   1884 
  

   1885. 
  

  

  May 
  5 
  

   May 
  4 
  

   May 
  3 
  

   Apr. 
  25 
  

   May 
  3 
  

   Apr. 
  29 
  

  

  1886 
  

   1887 
  

   1888 
  

   1889 
  

  

  Apr. 
  23 
  

   May 
  3 
  

   May 
  7 
  

   Apr. 
  17 
  

  

  The 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  arrival 
  is 
  April 
  30, 
  with 
  extremes 
  of 
  twenty- 
  

   four 
  days 
  from 
  April 
  17 
  to 
  May 
  11. 
  The 
  average 
  variation 
  is 
  5.9 
  

   days. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  northern 
  Indiana, 
  southern 
  Minnesota, 
  

   and 
  central 
  Wyoming 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  Ma}-, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  even 
  in 
  

   April, 
  and 
  at 
  Malheur 
  Lake. 
  Oregon, 
  April 
  21. 
  An 
  early 
  set 
  was 
  

   found 
  May 
  1 
  near 
  the 
  Saskatchewan, 
  and 
  one 
  May 
  11 
  near 
  the 
  Red 
  

   Deer 
  River, 
  Alberta, 
  but 
  usually 
  nesting 
  in 
  this 
  district 
  begins 
  about 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  northern 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  not 
  much 
  

   before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June. 
  

  

  Dales 
  of 
  arrival 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  Canada 
  goose. 
  

  

  Place. 
  

  

  , 
  Num- 
  

  

  j 
  ber 
  of 
  

  

  years' 
  

  

  record. 
  

  

  Prince 
  Edward 
  Island 
  

  

  Scotch 
  Lake, 
  New 
  Brunswick. 
  

  

  Central 
  Massachusetts 
  

  

  Block 
  Island. 
  Rhode 
  Island... 
  

   Montauk 
  Point. 
  Long 
  Island.. 
  

  

  Renovo. 
  Pa 
  " 
  

  

  Central 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  Central 
  N 
  ew 
  Jersey 
  

  

  Alexandria. 
  Va. 
  . 
  .*. 
  

  

  Atlantic. 
  N. 
  C 
  

  

  ^te 
  a 
  o? 
  Earliestdate 
  

   £i\ 
  ™i 
  of 
  first 
  one 
  

   first 
  one 
  : 
  

  

  seen. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  28 
  

  

  Oct. 
  23 
  

  

  Oct. 
  11 
  

  

  Oct. 
  21 
  

  

  Oct. 
  20 
  

  

  Oct. 
  24 
  

  

  Oct. 
  22 
  

  

  Oct. 
  18 
  

  

  Oct. 
  20 
  

  

  Anderson. 
  S. 
  C 
  

  

  Chipley, 
  Fla 
  

  

  Aweme, 
  Manitoba 
  

  

  Central 
  South 
  Dakota 
  

   Northern 
  Nebraska 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Onaga. 
  Kans 
  

  

  Grapevine. 
  Tex 
  

  

  Central 
  Wisconsin 
  

  

  Central 
  Iowa 
  

  

  Keokuk, 
  Iowa 
  

  

  Wauseon, 
  Ohio 
  

  

  Central 
  Indiana 
  

  

  Northern 
  Illinois 
  

  

  Central 
  Missouri 
  

  

  Helena, 
  Ark 
  

  

  Southern 
  Mississippi 
  . 
  

  

  Aug. 
  14 
  

  

  Sept. 
  23 
  

  

  Oct. 
  7 
  

  

  Oct. 
  18 
  

  

  Oct. 
  9 
  

  

  Oct. 
  12 
  

  

  Oct. 
  14 
  

  

  Oct. 
  8 
  

  

  Oct. 
  20 
  

  

  Oct. 
  19 
  

  

  Oct. 
  13 
  

  

  Oct. 
  4 
  

  

  Oct. 
  4 
  

  

  Nov. 
  12 
  

  

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  Oct. 
  

  

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  22. 
  1889 
  

   21. 
  1902 
  

  

  4.1889 
  

  

  27. 
  1898 
  

   30, 
  1888 
  

  

  7,1904 
  

  

  15. 
  1894 
  

   23, 
  1897 
  

  

  5,1888 
  

  

  20. 
  1899 
  

   10, 
  1902 
  

  

  8, 
  1902 
  

   3,1901 
  

  

  20. 
  1890 
  

   7.1 
  — 
  

   3,1894 
  

  

  30. 
  1904 
  

   30. 
  1892 
  

   16. 
  1899 
  

   27, 
  1805 
  

   10,1887 
  

   6, 
  1902 
  

  

  28. 
  1895 
  

   23.1900 
  

  

  26. 
  1896 
  

   5. 
  1902 
  

  

  