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B I R D S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 367
55° north i n the interior, though on the Pacific coast it may
possibly be found somewhat farther northward during the
breeding season. There are no absolutely identified eggs
of Richardson's merlin i n the U . S . National Museum collection.
Its mode of nidification, and the eggs as well, are
doubtless very similar to those of the common pigeon hawk,
and indistinguishable from them, but may possibly average
a trifle larger i n size." According to Professor Macoun this
species breeds i n Alberta and Saskatchewan. The first
authentic set of eggs on record is i n my collection. It was
taken by M r . R o y Ivor, south of Moose Jaw, on M a y 20th,
1893. The nest, containing four eggs, was made of sticks
and weeds and built i n a poplar tree top. The nest set
recorded was found by M r . J . E . Houseman at Calgary,
Alberta. M a y 12th, 1891." It does not appear i n M r . Ross's
L i s t . There are no specimens, birds er eggs, i n the National
Museum at Ottawa!
360. A M E R I C A N S P A R R O W HAWK— F a l c o sparverius ( Linn.).
At Fort Resolution, on 1st June, 1885, a nest was found
i n a spruce tree. It was constructed of small twigs lined
with withered leaves, and contained two fresh eggs. The
female parent was shot, and both eggs and bird- skin were forwarded
to M r . Dalgleish. Earlier the same season, M r .
Reid, of Fort Providence, procured from the Indians the
contents of several nests, so that eleven eggs and two parent
skins were sent to D r . B e l l . We never observed any well-authenticated
examples of this hawk i n the Anderson R h e r
country, while M r . Ross i n his " L i s t of Mackenzie River
B i r d s " states that they go north to L a Pierre's House, but
are " rather rare."
Major Bendire states that " this handsome little falcon
is pretty generally distributed over the American continent,
excepting, perhaps, the extreme Arctic portions thereof, and
i n the interior, at least as far north as F o r t Rae, Great Slave
Lake, latitude 63° north, where M r . L . Clarke obtained a
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| OCR | B I R D S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 367 55° north i n the interior, though on the Pacific coast it may possibly be found somewhat farther northward during the breeding season. There are no absolutely identified eggs of Richardson's merlin i n the U . S . National Museum collection. Its mode of nidification, and the eggs as well, are doubtless very similar to those of the common pigeon hawk, and indistinguishable from them, but may possibly average a trifle larger i n size." According to Professor Macoun this species breeds i n Alberta and Saskatchewan. The first authentic set of eggs on record is i n my collection. It was taken by M r . R o y Ivor, south of Moose Jaw, on M a y 20th, 1893. The nest, containing four eggs, was made of sticks and weeds and built i n a poplar tree top. The nest set recorded was found by M r . J . E . Houseman at Calgary, Alberta. M a y 12th, 1891." It does not appear i n M r . Ross's L i s t . There are no specimens, birds er eggs, i n the National Museum at Ottawa! 360. A M E R I C A N S P A R R O W HAWK— F a l c o sparverius ( Linn.). At Fort Resolution, on 1st June, 1885, a nest was found i n a spruce tree. It was constructed of small twigs lined with withered leaves, and contained two fresh eggs. The female parent was shot, and both eggs and bird- skin were forwarded to M r . Dalgleish. Earlier the same season, M r . Reid, of Fort Providence, procured from the Indians the contents of several nests, so that eleven eggs and two parent skins were sent to D r . B e l l . We never observed any well-authenticated examples of this hawk i n the Anderson R h e r country, while M r . Ross i n his " L i s t of Mackenzie River B i r d s " states that they go north to L a Pierre's House, but are " rather rare." Major Bendire states that " this handsome little falcon is pretty generally distributed over the American continent, excepting, perhaps, the extreme Arctic portions thereof, and i n the interior, at least as far north as F o r t Rae, Great Slave Lake, latitude 63° north, where M r . L . Clarke obtained a 24 |
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