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BIRDS OF NORTHERN CANADA 343
June. The number of eggs to n set varies from seven to
thirteen, rarely more." A small set of six. partly incubated,
was collected by him near North Saanich, Vancouver Island,
B. C.. June JSth. lSTti (_ probably a second laying, the first
brood having been destroyed"). The nest, a slight hollow in
the ground scratched out by the bird, was placed under the
fallen branches of a spruce tree. The cavity was lined with
dead leaves and spruce needles, as well as a few feathers.
This nest was f.> und close to a small creek and was well
concealed.
The Ottawa National Museum does uot possess a single
skin or egg of this, one of the most abundant birds ot the
coast region of British Columbia, including all the islands
in the Gulf of Georgia, Vancouver Island, ami Queen Charlotte
Islands!
3 0 1 . W I L L O W PTAEMWAN— Lagopus hgopus ( Linn.).
On the 3rd of April. an Indian shut two birds at
Fond du Lao, Great Slave Lake, and early in the following
June another " yellow knife" hunter found two nests, each
containing lour fresh esigs, at a considerable distance north
north- east of the Company's post there. They were mere
cavities in the ground lined with some withered leaves. The
parents were seen and clearly identified as willow ptarmigan.
Mr. Dalgleish became the happy possessor of the eggs, together
with the above skins and a female example shot near
Fort Providence, Mackenzie River. Dr. Bell also received
the same season three ptarmigans procured at Fort Resolution.
During the winter season this species is more or less
abundant throughout the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
and Alberta, the district of Keewatin, and the North-
West Territories of Canada. In the spring of 1S90 several
skins were obtained at Babine post, New Caledonia.
There are very few special or other reference omissions
in Professor John Macoun's carefully prepared and recently
completed " Catalogue of Canadian Birds," but under this
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| OCR | BIRDS OF NORTHERN CANADA 343 June. The number of eggs to n set varies from seven to thirteen, rarely more." A small set of six. partly incubated, was collected by him near North Saanich, Vancouver Island, B. C.. June JSth. lSTti (_ probably a second laying, the first brood having been destroyed"). The nest, a slight hollow in the ground scratched out by the bird, was placed under the fallen branches of a spruce tree. The cavity was lined with dead leaves and spruce needles, as well as a few feathers. This nest was f.> und close to a small creek and was well concealed. The Ottawa National Museum does uot possess a single skin or egg of this, one of the most abundant birds ot the coast region of British Columbia, including all the islands in the Gulf of Georgia, Vancouver Island, ami Queen Charlotte Islands! 3 0 1 . W I L L O W PTAEMWAN— Lagopus hgopus ( Linn.). On the 3rd of April. an Indian shut two birds at Fond du Lao, Great Slave Lake, and early in the following June another " yellow knife" hunter found two nests, each containing lour fresh esigs, at a considerable distance north north- east of the Company's post there. They were mere cavities in the ground lined with some withered leaves. The parents were seen and clearly identified as willow ptarmigan. Mr. Dalgleish became the happy possessor of the eggs, together with the above skins and a female example shot near Fort Providence, Mackenzie River. Dr. Bell also received the same season three ptarmigans procured at Fort Resolution. During the winter season this species is more or less abundant throughout the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, the district of Keewatin, and the North- West Territories of Canada. In the spring of 1S90 several skins were obtained at Babine post, New Caledonia. There are very few special or other reference omissions in Professor John Macoun's carefully prepared and recently completed " Catalogue of Canadian Birds," but under this |
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