. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . Gray Goose, Honker.—^Anas canadensis, Linn., 1758.—Anser canadensis,Boie, Baird, Ridgw., and others. Vieill., Nutt., Aud.—Bernicla canadensis, Figure 30. Known from any but HutchinsGoose by its black head and neckand white cravat, from this formby its greater size, the weight rang-ing from eight to twelve pounds. Distribution.—Temperate NorthAmerica, bree
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . Gray Goose, Honker.—^Anas canadensis, Linn., 1758.—Anser canadensis,Boie, Baird, Ridgw., and others. Vieill., Nutt., Aud.—Bernicla canadensis, Figure 30. Known from any but HutchinsGoose by its black head and neckand white cravat, from this formby its greater size, the weight rang-ing from eight to twelve pounds. Distribution.—Temperate NorthAmerica, breeding in the north-ern United States and British Prov-inces; south in winter to Mexico. This is the Common Goose or WildGoose of the country and is familiarto even the most unobservant fromthe fact that it passes northward inthe spring and southward in the fallin large noisy flocks which flyordinarily in the shape of a V, thetwo sides of which are seldom is usually stated that an oldgander always serves as the leaderand pilots the flock on their semi-annual pilgrimages. This may betrue, but it is certain that differentmembers of the flock act as leadersat different times, and it is notlikely that any one individual is. invariably responsible for the direction of the flock. Fig. 30. Canada Goose. From photograph of mounted specimen. (Original.) 118 MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. The knowledge which most people have of this species is limited tothese occasional glimpses as the birds pass overhead. Only in favor-able localities do they alight, and then their stay is commonly of shortduration. During foggy weather or heavy storms they occasionally takerefuge in some small pond or river, but ordinarily they alight only onone of the Great Lakes where they are fairly safe from approach. Ofcourse in certain places they stop to feed, frequenting stubble fields orcorn fields, but unless the conditions are unusually favorable their visitsto these places are made only in the morning o
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