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Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). Hatching Go 
Breeding range. -This is the most northern of the several forms of 
Canada goose and nests from Melville Peninsula north to latitude 7 n 
and west along the shores and islands of the Arctic coast to the mouth 
of the Mackenzie and through tin 1 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 lo at King-wall Fjord and a few have 1 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 i- not 
rare m the rest of the southern United States west of t ho Mississippi 
River. In normal eastern range is to Hudson Bay. Illinois, and 
Louisiana. It is known as a rare migrant in Maine and a century ago 
seems t<> have been not uncommon on the New England coast. A few 
pa— 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 m 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 i^ recorded from the city of Vera 
Cruz, Mexico, where it w;b accidental. 
Spring migratiofi.— Records are insufficient to allow o( 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 
