﻿HUTCHINS 
  GOOSE. 
  

  

  77 
  

  

  Dates 
  of 
  departure 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  Canada 
  goose. 
  

  

  Place. 
  

  

  No. 
  of 
  

   years' 
  

   record. 
  

  

  Average 
  

  

  date 
  of 
  

  

  last 
  one 
  

  

  seen. 
  

  

  Latest 
  date 
  

  

  of 
  last 
  one 
  

  

  seen. 
  

  

  Columbia 
  Falls, 
  Mont 
  

  

  Aweme, 
  Manitoba 
  

  

  Southern 
  Ontario 
  

  

  Southern 
  Michigan 
  

  

  Central 
  Minnesota 
  

  

  Central 
  Iowa 
  

  

  Keokuk, 
  Iowa 
  

  

  Central 
  Nebraska 
  

  

  Prince 
  Edward 
  Island 
  

  

  Grand 
  Manan, 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  

  

  Montreal, 
  Canada 
  

  

  Southern 
  Massachusetts 
  

  

  Mantauk 
  Point, 
  Long 
  Island... 
  

  

  Renovo, 
  Pa 
  

  

  Central 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  Berwyn, 
  Pa 
  

  

  Central 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  Nov. 
  20 
  

   Nov. 
  17 
  

   Nov. 
  7 
  

   Nov. 
  8 
  

   Nov. 
  9 
  

   Nov. 
  18 
  

   Nov. 
  10 
  

   Nov. 
  27 
  

   Dec. 
  1 
  

   Nov. 
  15 
  

   Nov. 
  4 
  

   Nov. 
  18 
  

   Nov. 
  21 
  

   Nov. 
  9 
  

   Nov. 
  14 
  

   Nov. 
  16 
  

   Nov. 
  19 
  

  

  Nov. 
  

   Dec. 
  

   Nov. 
  

   Nov, 
  

   Dec. 
  

   Dec. 
  

   Dec. 
  

  

  24, 
  1895 
  

   2,1899 
  

  

  10, 
  1901 
  

  

  25, 
  1890 
  

   1,1890 
  

  

  26, 
  1904 
  

   4, 
  1900 
  

  

  («) 
  

   Dec. 
  22,1889 
  

   Nov. 
  20, 
  1890 
  

   Nov. 
  14, 
  1896 
  

   Dec. 
  28,1877 
  

   Dec. 
  19,1889 
  

   Nov. 
  18, 
  1903 
  

   Dec. 
  6,1899 
  

   Dec. 
  15,1891 
  

   Dec. 
  10, 
  19C2 
  

  

  « 
  A 
  few 
  winter. 
  

  

  Branta 
  canadensis 
  hutchinsii 
  (Rich.). 
  Hutchins 
  Goose. 
  

  

  Breeding 
  range. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  northern 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  forms 
  of 
  

   Canada 
  goose 
  and 
  nests 
  from 
  Melville 
  Peninsula 
  north 
  to 
  latitude 
  70° 
  

   and 
  west 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  and 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Arctic 
  coast 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mackenzie 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Alaska 
  to 
  the 
  Kowak 
  

   River. 
  Apparently 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  Barren 
  Grounds, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  it 
  breeds 
  in 
  the 
  

   valley 
  of 
  the 
  Kowak 
  River 
  and 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Knik 
  River; 
  

   also 
  abundantly 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  Aleutians 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Near 
  Islands. 
  

   One 
  was 
  taken 
  June 
  10 
  at 
  Kingwah 
  Fjord 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  

   at 
  Disco 
  and 
  Godhaven, 
  Greenland, 
  but 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  breeding 
  

   record 
  east 
  of 
  Hudson 
  Bay. 
  

  

  Winter 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  Hutchins 
  goose 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  common 
  in 
  

   California 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  season 
  than 
  elsewhere, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   rare 
  in 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  United 
  States 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  

   River. 
  Its 
  normal 
  eastern 
  range 
  is 
  to 
  Hudson 
  Bay, 
  Illinois, 
  and 
  

   Louisiana. 
  It 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  a 
  rare 
  migrant 
  in 
  Maine 
  and 
  a 
  century 
  ago 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  not 
  uncommon 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  coast. 
  A 
  few 
  

   pass 
  through 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  less 
  rarely 
  

   through 
  Indiana. 
  Southern 
  Wisconsin 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  farthest 
  north 
  

   that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  season. 
  It 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  unknown 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  south 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  but 
  

   on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  it 
  passes 
  south 
  to 
  San 
  Rafael, 
  Lower 
  California, 
  and 
  

   probably 
  to 
  Lake 
  Chapala, 
  Jalisco, 
  and 
  winters 
  north 
  to 
  southern 
  

   British 
  Columbia. 
  One 
  specimen 
  is 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Vera 
  

   Cruz, 
  Mexico, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  accidental. 
  

  

  Spring 
  migration. 
  — 
  Records 
  are 
  insufficient 
  to 
  allow 
  of 
  exact 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  Hutchins 
  goose. 
  In 
  general 
  

   it 
  can 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  it 
  migrates 
  later 
  than 
  B. 
  canadensis. 
  The 
  average 
  

  

  