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BIRDS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 375
cord the rinding, on 30th May, 1S63, of a nest containing
three perfectly fresh eggs— a mere hole in a dry spruce several
feet from the ground. A female bird answering to the
given description was shot in its vicinity. It may, however,
have been an example of P. amcricanus."
Bendire states that " there are several specimens in the
National Museum collection, from Moose Factory, James
Bay, and others from Forts Rae and Providence, on Great
Slave Lake: from Fort Chipewyan, on Lake Athabasca, and
one from Fort Reliance. I'pper Yukon, latitude 04° north.
Mr. R. MacFarlane found it nesting at Fort Providence,
latitude 61° north. It is essentially a bird of the pine,
spruce, fir, and tamarack forests, and is rarely seen in other
localities, and probably breeds wherever found. Its tlight is
swift, generally undulating, and is often protracted for considerable
distances. The food of this woodpecker seems to
consist almost entirely of tree- borinjr insects and their larva?,
mainly Ruprestidtr and Ccrambyida: Roth sexes assist in
nidifieation. Only one brood is raised in a season. The
eggs are generally four in number. These are mostly ovate
in shape. The shell is line grained and only moderately
glossy, and. like the egg? of all woodpeckers, pure white in
colour." There are nine skins, but no eggs, of this woodpecker
in the Museum at Ottawa!
4 0 1 . A M E R I C A N TIIRKE- TOKO WOODFECKER— P i c o i d c s am-ericanut
Brehm.
On 15tb May, 18S5, a nest of this woodpecker was found
in a cavity of a tree not far from Fort Providence, containing
four fresh eggs. The parent was shot Both bird and
eggs were forwarded to Dr. I Jell- At page 70 of Vol. II.
of his " B i r d Life Histories," Bendire writes: " During a
careful examination of the series of specimens of this bird
and its two recognized sub- species, I found several skins collected
by Mr. R. MacFarlane. in the vicinity of Fort Anderson,
in latitude 68° 30' north, North- West Territory, which
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| OCR | BIRDS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 375 cord the rinding, on 30th May, 1S63, of a nest containing three perfectly fresh eggs— a mere hole in a dry spruce several feet from the ground. A female bird answering to the given description was shot in its vicinity. It may, however, have been an example of P. amcricanus." Bendire states that " there are several specimens in the National Museum collection, from Moose Factory, James Bay, and others from Forts Rae and Providence, on Great Slave Lake: from Fort Chipewyan, on Lake Athabasca, and one from Fort Reliance. I'pper Yukon, latitude 04° north. Mr. R. MacFarlane found it nesting at Fort Providence, latitude 61° north. It is essentially a bird of the pine, spruce, fir, and tamarack forests, and is rarely seen in other localities, and probably breeds wherever found. Its tlight is swift, generally undulating, and is often protracted for considerable distances. The food of this woodpecker seems to consist almost entirely of tree- borinjr insects and their larva?, mainly Ruprestidtr and Ccrambyida: Roth sexes assist in nidifieation. Only one brood is raised in a season. The eggs are generally four in number. These are mostly ovate in shape. The shell is line grained and only moderately glossy, and. like the egg? of all woodpeckers, pure white in colour." There are nine skins, but no eggs, of this woodpecker in the Museum at Ottawa! 4 0 1 . A M E R I C A N TIIRKE- TOKO WOODFECKER— P i c o i d c s am-ericanut Brehm. On 15tb May, 18S5, a nest of this woodpecker was found in a cavity of a tree not far from Fort Providence, containing four fresh eggs. The parent was shot Both bird and eggs were forwarded to Dr. I Jell- At page 70 of Vol. II. of his " B i r d Life Histories," Bendire writes: " During a careful examination of the series of specimens of this bird and its two recognized sub- species, I found several skins collected by Mr. R. MacFarlane. in the vicinity of Fort Anderson, in latitude 68° 30' north, North- West Territory, which |
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