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410 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN
Moore refers to some built on small spruce and apple trees,
holding from three to five eggs each, which were found to
have been broken. At last one morning, when sitting in,
view of a nest on an apple tree, he saw a fine male of this
species deliberately pick a hole in the shell and drink its
contents. He then surmised that it was this particular
bird that was doing all the mischief. The eggs are in
colour bluish, speckled with blackish brown and purple.
The Dominion Museum at Ottawa contains seven specimens
and two sets of four eggs each, taken there on 24th and
31st May, 1899, by Mr. A. L. Garneau.
560a. W E S T E R N C H I P P I N G SPARROW— S p i z e l l a socialis
arizonce Coues.
In the month of June, 1889, at and not far from Fort
St. James, Stuart's Lake, B. C., we secured about a dozen
nests of this species. With but one exception ( on the ground)
they were all built on low bushes, and in make, and the eggs
also in colour, resembled those of No. 560. Some of the
parents were shot and the others snared, while the egg contents
held from well to largely developed embryos. One of
the last nests, found on 28th June, contained two freshly
laid eggs. An animal of some kind may have stolen the
first set.
The National Museum at Ottawa holds seventeen skins
but no eggs of this sparrow!
567. S L A T E - C O L O U R E D J U N C O — J u n c o hyemails ( Linn.).
At Fond du Lac, Athabasca, on 1st June, 1885, a nest
holding five eggs was taken, and the mother parent was
snared thereon. Both were duly sent to Mr. Dalgleish.
In the early sixties of the last century we secured several
birds, eggs and nests at Fort Anderson, where they bred
in the forest and to the border of the " Barrens." The nests
were always placed on the ground and were made of fine
grasses lined with deer hair. Four and five eggs were the
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| OCR | 410 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN Moore refers to some built on small spruce and apple trees, holding from three to five eggs each, which were found to have been broken. At last one morning, when sitting in, view of a nest on an apple tree, he saw a fine male of this species deliberately pick a hole in the shell and drink its contents. He then surmised that it was this particular bird that was doing all the mischief. The eggs are in colour bluish, speckled with blackish brown and purple. The Dominion Museum at Ottawa contains seven specimens and two sets of four eggs each, taken there on 24th and 31st May, 1899, by Mr. A. L. Garneau. 560a. W E S T E R N C H I P P I N G SPARROW— S p i z e l l a socialis arizonce Coues. In the month of June, 1889, at and not far from Fort St. James, Stuart's Lake, B. C., we secured about a dozen nests of this species. With but one exception ( on the ground) they were all built on low bushes, and in make, and the eggs also in colour, resembled those of No. 560. Some of the parents were shot and the others snared, while the egg contents held from well to largely developed embryos. One of the last nests, found on 28th June, contained two freshly laid eggs. An animal of some kind may have stolen the first set. The National Museum at Ottawa holds seventeen skins but no eggs of this sparrow! 567. S L A T E - C O L O U R E D J U N C O — J u n c o hyemails ( Linn.). At Fond du Lac, Athabasca, on 1st June, 1885, a nest holding five eggs was taken, and the mother parent was snared thereon. Both were duly sent to Mr. Dalgleish. In the early sixties of the last century we secured several birds, eggs and nests at Fort Anderson, where they bred in the forest and to the border of the " Barrens." The nests were always placed on the ground and were made of fine grasses lined with deer hair. Four and five eggs were the |
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