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424 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN
size, number and colouring are supposed to be similar to
that of the orange- crowned warbler. There are eight specimens,
including one taken at the Athabasca Landing in May,
1888, by Mr. J . M. Macoun, but no eggs, in the Ottawa
Museum!
650. CAPE M A T WARBLEE— Dendroica tigrina ( Gmelin).
Dr. Frank Russell secured the only straggler he observed
at Fort Chipewyan, on May 31st, 1893.
At Long Lake, Torkton, Saskatchewan Province, on
June 2nd, 1891, Mr. W. Raine, of Toronto, took a nest
and four eggs of this bird. It was built nearly three feet
from the ground, in a willow. I don't think I ever saw this
warbler. Neither Richardson nor Ross make any reference
thereto, while the Dominion Museum at tbe Capital holds
but two specimens, one of which had been purchased with
the Holman collection, and no eggs!
652. YELLOW WAEBLEE— Dendroica cestiva ( Gmelin).
In 1880 and again in 1885 specimens of nests, birds, and
eggs of probably the most abundant and widely distributed of
all the North American warblers were gathered at Fort
Chipewyan and later shipped to Mr. Dalgleish. At Fort
Providence Mr. Reid obtained several similar examples for
Dr. Bell. It lays four or five eggs in a small and neatly
constructed nest, placed on dwarf willows and small scrub
pine at a height of a few feet above the ground. Mr. McKay,
of Pelican Narrows, also gathered four nests, each
holding four and five eggs. At Fort Anderson we realized
the great abundance of this species, whose eggs were not
desiderata, and we did all that was possible to discourage
their collection. The eggs are greenish or greenish- white,
dotted and blotched with reddish- brown and lilac. A nest and
four eggs were sent to Washington from Cumberland House
summer 1890. The Ottawa Museum contains thirty- three
specimens and four sets of eggs, two of which were collected
by Professor Macoun.
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| OCR | 424 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN size, number and colouring are supposed to be similar to that of the orange- crowned warbler. There are eight specimens, including one taken at the Athabasca Landing in May, 1888, by Mr. J . M. Macoun, but no eggs, in the Ottawa Museum! 650. CAPE M A T WARBLEE— Dendroica tigrina ( Gmelin). Dr. Frank Russell secured the only straggler he observed at Fort Chipewyan, on May 31st, 1893. At Long Lake, Torkton, Saskatchewan Province, on June 2nd, 1891, Mr. W. Raine, of Toronto, took a nest and four eggs of this bird. It was built nearly three feet from the ground, in a willow. I don't think I ever saw this warbler. Neither Richardson nor Ross make any reference thereto, while the Dominion Museum at tbe Capital holds but two specimens, one of which had been purchased with the Holman collection, and no eggs! 652. YELLOW WAEBLEE— Dendroica cestiva ( Gmelin). In 1880 and again in 1885 specimens of nests, birds, and eggs of probably the most abundant and widely distributed of all the North American warblers were gathered at Fort Chipewyan and later shipped to Mr. Dalgleish. At Fort Providence Mr. Reid obtained several similar examples for Dr. Bell. It lays four or five eggs in a small and neatly constructed nest, placed on dwarf willows and small scrub pine at a height of a few feet above the ground. Mr. McKay, of Pelican Narrows, also gathered four nests, each holding four and five eggs. At Fort Anderson we realized the great abundance of this species, whose eggs were not desiderata, and we did all that was possible to discourage their collection. The eggs are greenish or greenish- white, dotted and blotched with reddish- brown and lilac. A nest and four eggs were sent to Washington from Cumberland House summer 1890. The Ottawa Museum contains thirty- three specimens and four sets of eggs, two of which were collected by Professor Macoun. |
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