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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 435
west of that c i ty and was i n company w i t h another individual
of the same species." Professor J o h n Macoun also states that
" a nest found on 14th June, 1895, i n a hole i n a clay butte
at Medicine Lodge, south of " Wood Mountain, was wholly
composed of the outer bark of the old stems of Bigelovia
graveolens, a composite plant that grew i n profusion near
the site of the nest. It contained seven light blue eggs.
Another nest taken under the same conditions along Frenchman's
River, Province of Saskatchewan, on 21st June, was
built of the outer bark of sage bush ( Artemesia cana), and
contained the same mimber of eggs."
The Dominion Museum collection at Ottawa holds t h i r ty
skin specimens and one set of seven eggs taken along Frenchman's
River by the Professor himself, as above stated, on
21st June, 1895.
WATER B I R DS
38. LONG- TAILED JAEGEB— Stercorarivs longicaudus
( V i e l l o t ) .
This handsome jaeger is quite abundant along the Anderson
R i v e r valley, i n the " Barrens," and also on the Arctic
coast. It lays two eggs i n a depression i n the soil scantily
l i n e d with withered leaves and grasses, etc., and as the egg
markings greatly resemble their surroundings, the nest is
frequently very difficult to discover. The parent birds by
angry screams and hostile demonstrations invariably resent
the presence of intruders, and i n more than one instance they
became so savage i n their attacks, especially the female, that
she had to be shot at once i n order to prevent actual injury.
Over t h i r t y nests were taken, or double as many as that
of S. parasiticus. The several species of jaeger doubtless
destroy a considerable number of the eggs of other birds
every season. This is the most common jaeger on the
Alaskan coast. Occasional i n Hudson B a y , very rare inland.
M r . Nelson states that the pairing of the birds occurs with
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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 435 west of that c i ty and was i n company w i t h another individual of the same species." Professor J o h n Macoun also states that " a nest found on 14th June, 1895, i n a hole i n a clay butte at Medicine Lodge, south of " Wood Mountain, was wholly composed of the outer bark of the old stems of Bigelovia graveolens, a composite plant that grew i n profusion near the site of the nest. It contained seven light blue eggs. Another nest taken under the same conditions along Frenchman's River, Province of Saskatchewan, on 21st June, was built of the outer bark of sage bush ( Artemesia cana), and contained the same mimber of eggs." The Dominion Museum collection at Ottawa holds t h i r ty skin specimens and one set of seven eggs taken along Frenchman's River by the Professor himself, as above stated, on 21st June, 1895. WATER B I R DS 38. LONG- TAILED JAEGEB— Stercorarivs longicaudus ( V i e l l o t ) . This handsome jaeger is quite abundant along the Anderson R i v e r valley, i n the " Barrens," and also on the Arctic coast. It lays two eggs i n a depression i n the soil scantily l i n e d with withered leaves and grasses, etc., and as the egg markings greatly resemble their surroundings, the nest is frequently very difficult to discover. The parent birds by angry screams and hostile demonstrations invariably resent the presence of intruders, and i n more than one instance they became so savage i n their attacks, especially the female, that she had to be shot at once i n order to prevent actual injury. Over t h i r t y nests were taken, or double as many as that of S. parasiticus. The several species of jaeger doubtless destroy a considerable number of the eggs of other birds every season. This is the most common jaeger on the Alaskan coast. Occasional i n Hudson B a y , very rare inland. M r . Nelson states that the pairing of the birds occurs with |
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