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B I R D S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A DA 291
Yale, i n the spring and autumn migrations; and M r . F a n n in
says i t is a common winter resident along the Pacific Coast.
As above mentioned, the late Major Bendire's volume on
the Water Birds of N o r t h America is not yet published. I
w i l l , therefore, have to f a l l back almost entirely on Professor
Macoun's interesting Catalogue of Canadian Birds, i n maki
n g some brief, necessary and desirable additions to these
Notes. There is no record therein, however, of this species
nesting west of the Rocky Mountains; but the Professor's
own relative observations are of much value, and are here
quoted: " E a r l y i n June, 1894, a large colony of these
birds was found breeding i n Crane Lake, Saskatchewan,
about one hundred miles east of Medicine Hat. The colony
was located i n a large patch of bulrushes ( Scirpus lacus-tris)
about one hundred yards from the shore and i n about
three feet of water. The eggs were placed on nests made of
mud and the old and broken reeds of the last season; these
nests were very rudimentary i n form, but i n a l l cases there
was a slight depression i n the centre where the eggs rested,
about six inches above the water. None of the nests had
more than five eggs, most of them but four, which seemed
to be the usual number. The nests were so placed that they
would rise and f a l l with the water, as indeed is the case
with all grebes. No other birds were breeding i n the vicinity,
and the water around the breeding- ground was swarming
with individuals which dived, swam, or sunk themselves in
the water so that nothing but their curving necks and long
sharp bills protruded above it. They doubtless breed in
many other lakes i n Saskatchewan and Alberta, but no other
breeding- grounds are known to the writer."
There are a male and female, taken at Indian Head,
Assiniboia ( now Saskatchewan), M a y 16th, 1892, by M r . W .
Spreadborough, i n the National Museum Collection at Ottawa,
the Dominion C a p i t a l ; also two sets of eggs, four
each, taken at Crane Lake, on June 18th, 1894, by Professor
John Macoun.
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| OCR | B I R D S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A DA 291 Yale, i n the spring and autumn migrations; and M r . F a n n in says i t is a common winter resident along the Pacific Coast. As above mentioned, the late Major Bendire's volume on the Water Birds of N o r t h America is not yet published. I w i l l , therefore, have to f a l l back almost entirely on Professor Macoun's interesting Catalogue of Canadian Birds, i n maki n g some brief, necessary and desirable additions to these Notes. There is no record therein, however, of this species nesting west of the Rocky Mountains; but the Professor's own relative observations are of much value, and are here quoted: " E a r l y i n June, 1894, a large colony of these birds was found breeding i n Crane Lake, Saskatchewan, about one hundred miles east of Medicine Hat. The colony was located i n a large patch of bulrushes ( Scirpus lacus-tris) about one hundred yards from the shore and i n about three feet of water. The eggs were placed on nests made of mud and the old and broken reeds of the last season; these nests were very rudimentary i n form, but i n a l l cases there was a slight depression i n the centre where the eggs rested, about six inches above the water. None of the nests had more than five eggs, most of them but four, which seemed to be the usual number. The nests were so placed that they would rise and f a l l with the water, as indeed is the case with all grebes. No other birds were breeding i n the vicinity, and the water around the breeding- ground was swarming with individuals which dived, swam, or sunk themselves in the water so that nothing but their curving necks and long sharp bills protruded above it. They doubtless breed in many other lakes i n Saskatchewan and Alberta, but no other breeding- grounds are known to the writer." There are a male and female, taken at Indian Head, Assiniboia ( now Saskatchewan), M a y 16th, 1892, by M r . W . Spreadborough, i n the National Museum Collection at Ottawa, the Dominion C a p i t a l ; also two sets of eggs, four each, taken at Crane Lake, on June 18th, 1894, by Professor John Macoun. |
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