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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 403
composed of wiry grass stems, with a few feathers i n the
l i n i n g . External diameter 3.75 inches, internal about 3,
depth 2.50 externally and 1.50 inches internally. The
eggs, five i n number, are of a dull white, with perhaps a
faint bluish cast, sprinkled and spattered with a dilute yellowish-
rufous, the markings most numerous towards the larger
end. They measure 0.95 of an inch i n length by 0.64 in
breadth." The parent bird was snared on the nest. In
1865 we met with a - number of the snowflake on the same
sea coast, but failed to find another nest. Mr. W. Raine
states that on June 25th, 1901, a snow bunting built its nest
i n a hole under the eave of M r . ( Bishop) Stringer's house
on Herschell Island, i n the A r c t i c Ocean, west of the Mackenzie
Bay. He found another nest and eggs on the ground
i n a hollow at the side of a hummock on June 18 th. When
migrating to and from the far north, it is common enough at
times on the Mackenzie, the Athabasca, i n Cumberland, as
well as i n portions of B r i t i s h Columbia.
There are sixteen specimens, but not a single snowflake
egg, i n the Ottawa Museum!
536. LAPLAND LONGSPUK— Calcarius lapponicus ( Linn.).
M r . Raine has a dozen nests with sets of eggs that were
collected at Herschell Island by M r . ( now Bishop) Stringer
and M r . Young. The nests are made of dried grass well
lined with feathers, and are always built on the ground, in
the shelter of a tuft of grass or sod, and contains five or six
eggs. The eggs are l a i d i n the middle of June, and the female
is a close sitter, most of the nests being found by flushing the
b i r d off the nest." Altogether eighty- three nests of this-species
were obtained by us i n the Barren Grounds, as well
as on the shores of F r a n k l i n Bay. One from the latter,,
found on the 27th June, 1864, was, l i k e all of the others, built
on the ground, and is deeply saucer- shaped, measuring 3.75
inches external and 2.30 inches internal diameter; the depth;
2.75 inches exteriorly and 1.50 interiorly. It is composed)
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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 403 composed of wiry grass stems, with a few feathers i n the l i n i n g . External diameter 3.75 inches, internal about 3, depth 2.50 externally and 1.50 inches internally. The eggs, five i n number, are of a dull white, with perhaps a faint bluish cast, sprinkled and spattered with a dilute yellowish- rufous, the markings most numerous towards the larger end. They measure 0.95 of an inch i n length by 0.64 in breadth." The parent bird was snared on the nest. In 1865 we met with a - number of the snowflake on the same sea coast, but failed to find another nest. Mr. W. Raine states that on June 25th, 1901, a snow bunting built its nest i n a hole under the eave of M r . ( Bishop) Stringer's house on Herschell Island, i n the A r c t i c Ocean, west of the Mackenzie Bay. He found another nest and eggs on the ground i n a hollow at the side of a hummock on June 18 th. When migrating to and from the far north, it is common enough at times on the Mackenzie, the Athabasca, i n Cumberland, as well as i n portions of B r i t i s h Columbia. There are sixteen specimens, but not a single snowflake egg, i n the Ottawa Museum! 536. LAPLAND LONGSPUK— Calcarius lapponicus ( Linn.). M r . Raine has a dozen nests with sets of eggs that were collected at Herschell Island by M r . ( now Bishop) Stringer and M r . Young. The nests are made of dried grass well lined with feathers, and are always built on the ground, in the shelter of a tuft of grass or sod, and contains five or six eggs. The eggs are l a i d i n the middle of June, and the female is a close sitter, most of the nests being found by flushing the b i r d off the nest." Altogether eighty- three nests of this-species were obtained by us i n the Barren Grounds, as well as on the shores of F r a n k l i n Bay. One from the latter,, found on the 27th June, 1864, was, l i k e all of the others, built on the ground, and is deeply saucer- shaped, measuring 3.75 inches external and 2.30 inches internal diameter; the depth; 2.75 inches exteriorly and 1.50 interiorly. It is composed) |
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