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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 397
constructed of earth, moss and grass, small dry twigs
and branches, lined with finer grasses and a sprinkling
of feathers and deer hair. The parents generally manifested
great uneasiness when their nests were approached, and they
would often fly from tree to tree i n order to attract us away
from the spot. Incubation lasts about two weeks, and in
two more the young are able to leave the nest. They are
mouse- coloured at first, and are carefully attended to by both
parents, who are passionately devoted to them. Bendire
remarks that this collection of eggs, together with those
gathered by M r . James Lockhart on the Yukon, near the
mouth of the Porcupine River, Alaska, are i n the U . S.
National Museum at Washington. " The eggs of this species
are mostly ovate i n shape. The shell is strong, finely granulated
and slightly glossy. The ground colour is a light
bluish green, which fades somewhat with age; this is blotched
and spotted more or less profusely, and generally heaviest
about the larger end of the egg, with different shades of
chocolate and chestnut brown and lighter shades of ecru,
drab, and pearl gray. The peculiar scrawls so often met
with among the eggs of our blackbirds are rarely seen on
these eggs, which are readily distinguishable from those of
the other species."
The Canadian Museum at Ottawa contains nine bird-skins
and but one set of five eggs, taken at Davidson's Lake,
Hants County, N . S . , by " R o b b i e " Tufts, on 12th June,
1901!
510. B B E W E B ' S BLACKBIRD— Euphagus cyanocephahts
Wagler.
We did not observe this species or the rusty blackbird
i n N ew Caledonia or Cumberland districts. Mr. B . R . Ross
says Brewer's blackbird was not rare in his time at Fort
Simpson. This species is well represented in the TJ. S.
National Museum at Washington, and also f a i r l y so i n that
of the Dominion collection at Ottawa.
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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 397 constructed of earth, moss and grass, small dry twigs and branches, lined with finer grasses and a sprinkling of feathers and deer hair. The parents generally manifested great uneasiness when their nests were approached, and they would often fly from tree to tree i n order to attract us away from the spot. Incubation lasts about two weeks, and in two more the young are able to leave the nest. They are mouse- coloured at first, and are carefully attended to by both parents, who are passionately devoted to them. Bendire remarks that this collection of eggs, together with those gathered by M r . James Lockhart on the Yukon, near the mouth of the Porcupine River, Alaska, are i n the U . S. National Museum at Washington. " The eggs of this species are mostly ovate i n shape. The shell is strong, finely granulated and slightly glossy. The ground colour is a light bluish green, which fades somewhat with age; this is blotched and spotted more or less profusely, and generally heaviest about the larger end of the egg, with different shades of chocolate and chestnut brown and lighter shades of ecru, drab, and pearl gray. The peculiar scrawls so often met with among the eggs of our blackbirds are rarely seen on these eggs, which are readily distinguishable from those of the other species." The Canadian Museum at Ottawa contains nine bird-skins and but one set of five eggs, taken at Davidson's Lake, Hants County, N . S . , by " R o b b i e " Tufts, on 12th June, 1901! 510. B B E W E B ' S BLACKBIRD— Euphagus cyanocephahts Wagler. We did not observe this species or the rusty blackbird i n N ew Caledonia or Cumberland districts. Mr. B . R . Ross says Brewer's blackbird was not rare in his time at Fort Simpson. This species is well represented in the TJ. S. National Museum at Washington, and also f a i r l y so i n that of the Dominion collection at Ottawa. |
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