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BIRDS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 427
with dark umber- brown as well as spotted and speckled like >.
those of D. castanea. The Ottawa Museum contains fifteen
specimens and three sets of three eggs, two of which were
taken at Fort Chimo, Ungava.
6 7 4 . OVEN BIRD— Seiurus aurocapillus ( Linn.).
In 1890 two sets of eggs were obtained at Cumberland
House. At Pelican Narrows, in the beginning of June,
1891, a nest was found on the ground, a mere depression
lined with last year's grasses, the inner being of finer quality
than the outer. It held four eggs, and one of the parents
was shot. It breeds on Peace River, British Columbia, and
on the Yukon River, Alaska. " In composition it frequently
varies, but all the nests of the oven bird are more or less
dome- shaped, which helps to conceal them from ordinary
passers- by. The materials generally used are leaves and
grasses, while some are almost entirely of pine needles, and
others of fine wiry grass and a little hair. The number of
eggs is mostly five, in colour pinky- white, very variable as to
markings, but usually spotted and blotched, mostly in the
form of a wreath on the larger end, with dark reddish- brown,
light brown and pale lavender." There are four specimens,
one of which was purchased and another collected by Professor
Macoun at Ottawa, on 5th May, 1888, and one set of
eggs taken at the same city and presented to the Museum
there.
675. WATER THRUSH— Seiurus noveboracensis ( Gmelin).
A nest of this species was found at Moose Lake, Cumberland
District, early in June, 1890. It held two eggs. One
of the parents was seen and killed. On the last day of the
month another nest, with three eggs, was taken at Pelican
Narrows, and the mother bird was shot near by. An example
was also shot in the vicinity of Cumberland House. Nests
on the ground, composed of coarse and fine grasses with a
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| OCR | BIRDS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 427 with dark umber- brown as well as spotted and speckled like >. those of D. castanea. The Ottawa Museum contains fifteen specimens and three sets of three eggs, two of which were taken at Fort Chimo, Ungava. 6 7 4 . OVEN BIRD— Seiurus aurocapillus ( Linn.). In 1890 two sets of eggs were obtained at Cumberland House. At Pelican Narrows, in the beginning of June, 1891, a nest was found on the ground, a mere depression lined with last year's grasses, the inner being of finer quality than the outer. It held four eggs, and one of the parents was shot. It breeds on Peace River, British Columbia, and on the Yukon River, Alaska. " In composition it frequently varies, but all the nests of the oven bird are more or less dome- shaped, which helps to conceal them from ordinary passers- by. The materials generally used are leaves and grasses, while some are almost entirely of pine needles, and others of fine wiry grass and a little hair. The number of eggs is mostly five, in colour pinky- white, very variable as to markings, but usually spotted and blotched, mostly in the form of a wreath on the larger end, with dark reddish- brown, light brown and pale lavender." There are four specimens, one of which was purchased and another collected by Professor Macoun at Ottawa, on 5th May, 1888, and one set of eggs taken at the same city and presented to the Museum there. 675. WATER THRUSH— Seiurus noveboracensis ( Gmelin). A nest of this species was found at Moose Lake, Cumberland District, early in June, 1890. It held two eggs. One of the parents was seen and killed. On the last day of the month another nest, with three eggs, was taken at Pelican Narrows, and the mother bird was shot near by. An example was also shot in the vicinity of Cumberland House. Nests on the ground, composed of coarse and fine grasses with a |
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