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434 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
763a. PALE VARIEB THRUSH— Iseoreus ncevia meruloides
( S w a i n s . ) .
One specimen was procured at F o r t E r a n k l i n , Great Bear
Take, l a t i t u d e 65° 30' north, i n M a y , 1826. It was the only
one observed. Mr. R a i n e , however, has a " nest and four
eggs that were taken b y the present B i s h o p Stringer, of Dawson,
Y u k o n , i n the eastern channel of the Mackenzie River,
f o r t y miles f r om its mouth. It was found on J u n e 5th, 1895,
i n a spruce tree, fifteen feet f r om the ground. The nest is
made of moose grass and is s ix inches i n diameter and three
inches deep. The eggs are a paler blue than a robin's, and are
spotted with brown." It is surely rather s u r p r i s i n g that
there is no record that S i r J o h n Richardson, i n course of his
t h i r d and last northern exploring expedition, or M r . Robert
Kennicott, M r . B e r n a r d R . Ross, and a number of other
" H u d s o n ' s B a y " collectors, ever obtained or even observed
a solitary example of this somewhat rare and interesting
thrush. Nor is there a single specimen thereof on h a n d in
the N a t i o n a l M u s e um at Ottawa.
768. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD— S i a l i a arctica Swainson.
A n example of this rather rare species was shot at E o rt
Resolution, Great Slave Lake, early i n June, 1880. It was
afterwards forwarded to M r . D a l g l e i s h and identified by
him. Sir J o h n R i c h a r d s o n states that " o n l y one specimen
of this beautiful b i r d was shot at E o r t E r a n k l i n , Great Bear
Lake, i n J u l y , 1825, and that i t was merely a summer v i s i t or
to the North- West T e r r i t o r i e s . " Not entered i n M r . Ross's
Catalogue of Mackenzie R i v e r B i r d s . It may be here mentioned
that, of the many species which annually breed i n the
far north, we have never known any of them raise more
than a single brood i n any one season. M r . George E .
A t k i n s o n , taxidermist, Winnipeg, a noted collector, states
that on October 10th, 1898, he " received a fine male mount
a i n bluebird f r om M r . E . R . Patterson, of Brandon, M a n i toba.
It had been obtained two days before about two miles
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| OCR | 434 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN 763a. PALE VARIEB THRUSH— Iseoreus ncevia meruloides ( S w a i n s . ) . One specimen was procured at F o r t E r a n k l i n , Great Bear Take, l a t i t u d e 65° 30' north, i n M a y , 1826. It was the only one observed. Mr. R a i n e , however, has a " nest and four eggs that were taken b y the present B i s h o p Stringer, of Dawson, Y u k o n , i n the eastern channel of the Mackenzie River, f o r t y miles f r om its mouth. It was found on J u n e 5th, 1895, i n a spruce tree, fifteen feet f r om the ground. The nest is made of moose grass and is s ix inches i n diameter and three inches deep. The eggs are a paler blue than a robin's, and are spotted with brown." It is surely rather s u r p r i s i n g that there is no record that S i r J o h n Richardson, i n course of his t h i r d and last northern exploring expedition, or M r . Robert Kennicott, M r . B e r n a r d R . Ross, and a number of other " H u d s o n ' s B a y " collectors, ever obtained or even observed a solitary example of this somewhat rare and interesting thrush. Nor is there a single specimen thereof on h a n d in the N a t i o n a l M u s e um at Ottawa. 768. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD— S i a l i a arctica Swainson. A n example of this rather rare species was shot at E o rt Resolution, Great Slave Lake, early i n June, 1880. It was afterwards forwarded to M r . D a l g l e i s h and identified by him. Sir J o h n R i c h a r d s o n states that " o n l y one specimen of this beautiful b i r d was shot at E o r t E r a n k l i n , Great Bear Lake, i n J u l y , 1825, and that i t was merely a summer v i s i t or to the North- West T e r r i t o r i e s . " Not entered i n M r . Ross's Catalogue of Mackenzie R i v e r B i r d s . It may be here mentioned that, of the many species which annually breed i n the far north, we have never known any of them raise more than a single brood i n any one season. M r . George E . A t k i n s o n , taxidermist, Winnipeg, a noted collector, states that on October 10th, 1898, he " received a fine male mount a i n bluebird f r om M r . E . R . Patterson, of Brandon, M a n i toba. It had been obtained two days before about two miles |
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