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348 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
blotches, as is frequently the case i n the eggs of that species.
The ground colour ranges from a pale cream to a decided
yellowish- buff, and i n many specimens this is e n t i r e l y hidden
by a vinaceous rufous suffusion. The spots and blotches
range from a dark clove- brown to a dark claret- red, with
paler coloured edgings; they are of various sizes, f r om the
size of a buckshot to that of N o . 10 shot, and are i r r e g u l a r ly
d i s t r i b u t e d over the egg. The average measurement of the
ninety- nine specimens now i n the U . S. N a t i o n a l Museum
collection is 42 by 30 millimetres. The largest egg i n this
series measures 44 by 32.5; the smallest 39 by 29 m i l l i metres.
No. 14,997 ( plate 2, figure 15) is f r om a set of
ten eggs, taken i n the Gens- du- large or Romanzof Mountains,
A l a s k a , by C h i e f Factor James M c D o u g a l l , of the Hudson's
B a y Company, i n the latter part of M a y , 1 8 6 9 . " Both S ir
J o h n Richardson and M r . B . R . Ross state that the white-t
a i l e d ptarmigan, Lagopus leucurus, is a resident of the
northern R o c k y Mountains to L a P i e r r e ' s House. Its breedi
n g range is only found on or near the summit of the higher
mountains, and apparently always above the timber l i n e . It
is always a resident wherever it is met with. Their nests
are a slight hollow i n the ground l i n e d w i t h a few small
twigs, grasses, leaves and feathers, and, on the whole, a much
warmer and more compact affair than that used by L. lagopus
and L. rupestris. In number the eggs v a r y between four
and ten.
The Ottawa M u s e um collection contains nine fine skin
specimens i n both winter and summer plumage, but no eggs!
308. SHARP- TAILED GROUSE— Pediocmtes phasian- ellus
( L i n n . ) .
On the 16th of M a y , 1880, M r . J o h n R e i d found a nest
composed of leaves and grasses' i n a shallow depression i n the
ground near F o r t Providence. It contained nine fresh eggs,
and the parent b i r d was shot i n the v i c i n i t y . They were later
forwarded to M r . Dalgleish, while a male example k i l l ed
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| OCR | 348 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN blotches, as is frequently the case i n the eggs of that species. The ground colour ranges from a pale cream to a decided yellowish- buff, and i n many specimens this is e n t i r e l y hidden by a vinaceous rufous suffusion. The spots and blotches range from a dark clove- brown to a dark claret- red, with paler coloured edgings; they are of various sizes, f r om the size of a buckshot to that of N o . 10 shot, and are i r r e g u l a r ly d i s t r i b u t e d over the egg. The average measurement of the ninety- nine specimens now i n the U . S. N a t i o n a l Museum collection is 42 by 30 millimetres. The largest egg i n this series measures 44 by 32.5; the smallest 39 by 29 m i l l i metres. No. 14,997 ( plate 2, figure 15) is f r om a set of ten eggs, taken i n the Gens- du- large or Romanzof Mountains, A l a s k a , by C h i e f Factor James M c D o u g a l l , of the Hudson's B a y Company, i n the latter part of M a y , 1 8 6 9 . " Both S ir J o h n Richardson and M r . B . R . Ross state that the white-t a i l e d ptarmigan, Lagopus leucurus, is a resident of the northern R o c k y Mountains to L a P i e r r e ' s House. Its breedi n g range is only found on or near the summit of the higher mountains, and apparently always above the timber l i n e . It is always a resident wherever it is met with. Their nests are a slight hollow i n the ground l i n e d w i t h a few small twigs, grasses, leaves and feathers, and, on the whole, a much warmer and more compact affair than that used by L. lagopus and L. rupestris. In number the eggs v a r y between four and ten. The Ottawa M u s e um collection contains nine fine skin specimens i n both winter and summer plumage, but no eggs! 308. SHARP- TAILED GROUSE— Pediocmtes phasian- ellus ( L i n n . ) . On the 16th of M a y , 1880, M r . J o h n R e i d found a nest composed of leaves and grasses' i n a shallow depression i n the ground near F o r t Providence. It contained nine fresh eggs, and the parent b i r d was shot i n the v i c i n i t y . They were later forwarded to M r . Dalgleish, while a male example k i l l ed |
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