A Canadian hunter shot a goose while it was on a flight southward to a warmer clime. The shot also killed a humming-bird ensconced in the goose's feathers. Game authorities say it is a common practice for humming-birds thus to make north and south. It is even said that the geese are aware of their presence, and do'not disturb them. When a big goose is shot on the wing, humming-birds have been seen to "bale out" and take flight before 4he-goose falls to the ground,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 131, 30 November 1936, Page 18
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