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B I R D S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 420
687. AMERICAN REDSTART— Setophaga ruticilla ( Linn.).
This species is f a i r l y abundant i n the neighbourhood of
Fort St. James, Stuart's Lake, where six nests were taken
between 3rd June and 2nd J u l y , 1889. Five of them were
built on trees and bushes, at a height of several feet from
the ground. They were composed of dry grasses, etc., and
a l l but one— the sixth— was i n a small cavity thereon; contained
four eggs each, the contents of which were but slightly
incubated, while the nest found on 14th June contained,
among the others, one freshly laid egg. At Fort George,
Fraser River, M r . Ogden, on 16th June, secured a nest holdi
n g two eggs, on a bush, and on the 15th another with four
whose parent was snared on the nest. A n example was
taken at Rupert House, Hudson Bay, on September 3rd,
1860, by M r . James Mackenzie, of the Company's service.
M r . B . R. Ross also reports them as common on the Mackenzie
River to Fort Good Hope. In certain sections the
redstart appears to b u i l d more elegant nests and on taller
trees than those herein referred to. Not uncommon throughout
B r i t i s h Columbia. The National Collection at Ottawa
contains nineteen specimens and a series of seven eggs taken
at Ottawa and presented to the Museum.
697. AMERICAN PIPIT— A n t h u s pensilvaniens ( Latham).
This species is common i n B r i t i s h Columbia and throughout
Alaska. On June 25th, 1900, M r . Raine states that the
Rev. ( now Bishop) I. 0. Stringer took a nest and five eggs
at Peel's R i v e r ; the nest was built of dried grass on the
ground. We have reason to believe that the pipit is also
among the birds which annually resort to the valley of the
Anderson River during the season of nidification. The eggs
of this species probably resemble those of A. spragneii, which
are somewhat like those of the prairie horned lark, but are
smaller. " Some have a pale buff ground, others grayish-white
ground minutely speckled with buff and purplish- gray,
with fine dark brown hair lines at the larger end of the eggs."
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| OCR | B I R D S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 420 687. AMERICAN REDSTART— Setophaga ruticilla ( Linn.). This species is f a i r l y abundant i n the neighbourhood of Fort St. James, Stuart's Lake, where six nests were taken between 3rd June and 2nd J u l y , 1889. Five of them were built on trees and bushes, at a height of several feet from the ground. They were composed of dry grasses, etc., and a l l but one— the sixth— was i n a small cavity thereon; contained four eggs each, the contents of which were but slightly incubated, while the nest found on 14th June contained, among the others, one freshly laid egg. At Fort George, Fraser River, M r . Ogden, on 16th June, secured a nest holdi n g two eggs, on a bush, and on the 15th another with four whose parent was snared on the nest. A n example was taken at Rupert House, Hudson Bay, on September 3rd, 1860, by M r . James Mackenzie, of the Company's service. M r . B . R. Ross also reports them as common on the Mackenzie River to Fort Good Hope. In certain sections the redstart appears to b u i l d more elegant nests and on taller trees than those herein referred to. Not uncommon throughout B r i t i s h Columbia. The National Collection at Ottawa contains nineteen specimens and a series of seven eggs taken at Ottawa and presented to the Museum. 697. AMERICAN PIPIT— A n t h u s pensilvaniens ( Latham). This species is common i n B r i t i s h Columbia and throughout Alaska. On June 25th, 1900, M r . Raine states that the Rev. ( now Bishop) I. 0. Stringer took a nest and five eggs at Peel's R i v e r ; the nest was built of dried grass on the ground. We have reason to believe that the pipit is also among the birds which annually resort to the valley of the Anderson River during the season of nidification. The eggs of this species probably resemble those of A. spragneii, which are somewhat like those of the prairie horned lark, but are smaller. " Some have a pale buff ground, others grayish-white ground minutely speckled with buff and purplish- gray, with fine dark brown hair lines at the larger end of the eggs." |
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