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BIRDS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 439
containing two eggs on the border of the Baird glacier,
Thomas Bay, Alaska. There was no pretence of a nest, only
a hollow in the ground.
2 2 2 . R E D PHAXAROPE— C r y m o p h i l u s fulicarius ( Linn.).
This species is fairly abundant along the shores of Franklin
Bay, where nests were obtained amid marshy flats in
the first week of July, 1S64, and again in July, 1865. It
abounds and breeds on the North Georgian Islands and Mel- .
ville Peninsula, and was often seen by northern expeditions
swimming in the sea far from land.
Nelson says it breeds abundantly on all the coasts and
islands and far into the interior of Northern Alaska. Mur-doek
also found it one of the commonest birds at Point
Barrow. The nest is a slight depression in the ground and
there is rarely any lining beyond a few withered leaves. In
number the eggs are usually three or four.
There are two specimens, taken in Toronto marsh by Mr.
S. Herring, but no eggs, in the Ottawa Museum!
2 2 3 . N O R T H E R N PHALAROPE— P h a l a r o p u s lobatus ( Linn.).
This species is met with in great abundance during tbe
breeding season in the wooded country and in the Barren
Grounds right on to the Polar Sea, where it is, however, not
very numerous. The nest is similar to that of the red phalarope,
being a mere depression in the ground lined with a
few dry leaves and a sprinkling of dry grasses, and it is
almost invariably situated on the margin of small pools or
sheets of water. Upwards of seventy nests were secured by
us at Fort Anderson— the mimber of eggs to a set being
always four. Although the female parent usually left her
nest when closely approached, both birds would sometimes
exhibit much uneasiness and utter vociferous cries of distress
while we remained in its vicinity. Said to be common
along the Labrador coast, in Hudson Bay, near the Rocky
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| OCR | BIRDS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 439 containing two eggs on the border of the Baird glacier, Thomas Bay, Alaska. There was no pretence of a nest, only a hollow in the ground. 2 2 2 . R E D PHAXAROPE— C r y m o p h i l u s fulicarius ( Linn.). This species is fairly abundant along the shores of Franklin Bay, where nests were obtained amid marshy flats in the first week of July, 1S64, and again in July, 1865. It abounds and breeds on the North Georgian Islands and Mel- . ville Peninsula, and was often seen by northern expeditions swimming in the sea far from land. Nelson says it breeds abundantly on all the coasts and islands and far into the interior of Northern Alaska. Mur-doek also found it one of the commonest birds at Point Barrow. The nest is a slight depression in the ground and there is rarely any lining beyond a few withered leaves. In number the eggs are usually three or four. There are two specimens, taken in Toronto marsh by Mr. S. Herring, but no eggs, in the Ottawa Museum! 2 2 3 . N O R T H E R N PHALAROPE— P h a l a r o p u s lobatus ( Linn.). This species is met with in great abundance during tbe breeding season in the wooded country and in the Barren Grounds right on to the Polar Sea, where it is, however, not very numerous. The nest is similar to that of the red phalarope, being a mere depression in the ground lined with a few dry leaves and a sprinkling of dry grasses, and it is almost invariably situated on the margin of small pools or sheets of water. Upwards of seventy nests were secured by us at Fort Anderson— the mimber of eggs to a set being always four. Although the female parent usually left her nest when closely approached, both birds would sometimes exhibit much uneasiness and utter vociferous cries of distress while we remained in its vicinity. Said to be common along the Labrador coast, in Hudson Bay, near the Rocky |
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