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As to nesting, the following records are of interest: “Found [May 
28, 1771, near Cape Charles] the trap which was lost on Saturday 
last, with a good, fat goose in it, full of hard eggs.” On July 10, 1771, 
he found a nest of this species with seven eggs in it at Mary Harbor 
off St. Lewis Inlet. On May 30, 1776, in Sandwich Bay he found 
two eggs. On June 25, 1774, he caught five young but a few days 
old. On July 24, 1774, at Cutter Harbor he caught a young goose 
alive, and saw three broods. He speaks of two geese in full molt 
being killed on July 20, 1775. At Sandwich Bay on July 8, 1776, 
he records: “The geese are beginning to moult,” and again on July 
25, 1776: “In the course of our walk to Dove Point, we gathered 
above a hundred excellent goose quills, which were lately shed, this 
being the moulting season.” On August 26, 1777, he says: “Great 
numbers of geese have appeared lately, as they are getting the use of 
their wings very fast now.” On November 15, 1775, he saw several 
geese and on November 21, 1774. On November 25, 1777, he says: 
“I had an opportunity of shooting at a goose today, although it is 
very late in the year for those birds to be seen.” 
Over half a eenturv later Audubon found the Canada Goose still 
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a common summer resident in southern Labrador, breeding in every 
suitable marshy place. He speaks of seeing several hundred young 
geese at Great Mecattina killed before they were able to fly and salted 
for winter use. Their gizzards contained fir leaves. In 1860, Coues 
did not see any until the second week in August, when several small 
flocks appeared flying southward. Stearns (’83, p. 13) observed it 
only as a migrant. Frazar (’87, p. 20) found none breeding in southern 
Labrador, but heard that one or two pairs bred on a large island off 
Wolf Bay. Low noted it at Mistassini on May 2d. Weiz (’66, p. 
268) records that it breeds at Okkak. Bigelow (’ 02 , p. 28) says it is 
abundant in the spring and common in fall after August 1st. Palmer 
(’90, p. 259) records: “A small flock was seen flying southward on 
August 11 at Mingan.” Packard states it breeds along Hudson 
Strait near the mouth of the George River. Low says it breeds in 
the marshes throughout the northern interior and he gives the average 
date of arrival for the Northwest River as May 10th. Macoun says 
that two eggs were taken on Whale River, Ungava Bay, on June 11, 
1896. On July 27, 1905, Wallace came upon two adult and three 
young geese near Lake Nippisish. The “old ones had just passed 
through molting, and their new wing feathers were not long enough 
