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396 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE JAJtI$
the male. A third nest was taken at Cumberland
In all probability it breeds at Pelican Narrows and
where throughout the district. It nests on willow and otb
bush trees, and they are composed of coarse grasses attj| »
reeds, lined with finer grasses and deer hair. |
Bendire states that " incubation lasts about two week^ l
and the young are able to leave the nest in about _
days. As soon as they are large enough to provide for thw**
selves they gather into small companies and roam all over
the country. In August and September they eangrega* 6i §
in large flocks, containing many thousands, and at which
time they frequently do considerable damage in eer1aittj,
favourite resorts. The eggs are mostly ovate in shape;
shell is strong, finely granulated, and moderately glossy. .
The ground colour is usually pale bluish green, and lMs> is* f
occasionally more or less clouded with a pale smooth- gray sol- fj
fusion. They are spotted, blotched, marbled, and streaked, '
mostly about tbe larger end, with different shades of black, ,
brown, drab, and heliotrope purple, presenting great variation
in the amount, character, and style of markings. Occa-- ('
sionally an entirely unspotted egg is found."
In the Dominion Museum at Ottawa there are nine ^
specimens and but one set of five eggs, taken on Cherry
Island, Lake Winnipeg, on 15th June, 1889! . J
509. R U S T Y B L A C K B I R D — E u p h a g u s carolinus ( Mull.).
We found this bird fairly numerous in the neighbour- ;
hood of Fort Anderson, but stragglers were frequently ;
observed by us as far as the eastern limits of the fbttBBk, as-well
as near the partially- wooded " crossing " on the Wibaot-
Horton River, in about latitude 69° north and longitude
125° west. The twenty- five nests discovered in these i
localities were built on trees, at a height of from five to •
feet from the ground. Five eggs was the maximum amalMBr
in any one nest, while the latter was always SB
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| OCR | 396 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE JAJtI$ the male. A third nest was taken at Cumberland In all probability it breeds at Pelican Narrows and where throughout the district. It nests on willow and otb bush trees, and they are composed of coarse grasses attj| » reeds, lined with finer grasses and deer hair. | Bendire states that " incubation lasts about two week^ l and the young are able to leave the nest in about _ days. As soon as they are large enough to provide for thw** selves they gather into small companies and roam all over the country. In August and September they eangrega* 6i § in large flocks, containing many thousands, and at which time they frequently do considerable damage in eer1aittj, favourite resorts. The eggs are mostly ovate in shape; shell is strong, finely granulated, and moderately glossy. . The ground colour is usually pale bluish green, and lMs> is* f occasionally more or less clouded with a pale smooth- gray sol- fj fusion. They are spotted, blotched, marbled, and streaked, ' mostly about tbe larger end, with different shades of black, , brown, drab, and heliotrope purple, presenting great variation in the amount, character, and style of markings. Occa-- (' sionally an entirely unspotted egg is found." In the Dominion Museum at Ottawa there are nine ^ specimens and but one set of five eggs, taken on Cherry Island, Lake Winnipeg, on 15th June, 1889! . J 509. R U S T Y B L A C K B I R D — E u p h a g u s carolinus ( Mull.). We found this bird fairly numerous in the neighbour- ; hood of Fort Anderson, but stragglers were frequently ; observed by us as far as the eastern limits of the fbttBBk, as-well as near the partially- wooded " crossing " on the Wibaot- Horton River, in about latitude 69° north and longitude 125° west. The twenty- five nests discovered in these i localities were built on trees, at a height of from five to • feet from the ground. Five eggs was the maximum amalMBr in any one nest, while the latter was always SB |
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