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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 415
species as a migrant on the Mackenzie and up to 68° north
latitude.
The Dominion Museum at Ottawa contains but six specimens,
including one taken there by Professor Macoun, and
one set of five eggs found at Naehvak, Labrador, by M r . R .
Guay, i n June, 1S97!
607. LO U I S I A N A TA N AGES— P i r a n g q ludoviciana ( Wilson).
This species has been met with at Fort McMurray, on
the Athabasca River, from Lesser Slave River to the Peace,
and i n B r i t i s h Columbia. It does not appear in M r . Ross's
L i s t of Mackenzie River Birds. Mr. G. F . Dippie and M r .
W. Raine have both received eggs and skins of this bird
from Red Deer, Alberta. On June 3rd, 189S, M r . Wenman
found a nest on the Red Deer River. It contained four eggs,
and was built i n a poplar, five feet from the ground. Its
eggs resemble those of the scarlet tanager, and they are of a
dull greenish blue spotted with l i l a c and brown.
There are no eggs, but twenty- seven specimen skins, in
the Ottawa Museum!
612. C L I F F SWALLOW— P e t r o c l i e l i d o n lunifrons ( Say).
On 15th June, 1889, M r . Alexander C. Murray, of Fort
St. James, discovered a nest containing four eggs built
against the side of a beam or rafter of the post barn. Both
parents were seen and the female was shot. Contents of
eggs perfectly fresh. They annually breed, in f a i r l y large
numbers, i n suitable localities along river and lake banks in
New Caledonia, Northern B r i t i s h Columbia. In 1856 about
one hundred and fifty nests of this species were for the first
time built under the eaves of the three principal buildings
of Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie R i v e r ; but as many of the
young were destroyed by Indian boys, only one hundred
nests were constructed at the same place the following season.
I n 1866 a cliff swallow was observed closely examining the
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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 415 species as a migrant on the Mackenzie and up to 68° north latitude. The Dominion Museum at Ottawa contains but six specimens, including one taken there by Professor Macoun, and one set of five eggs found at Naehvak, Labrador, by M r . R . Guay, i n June, 1S97! 607. LO U I S I A N A TA N AGES— P i r a n g q ludoviciana ( Wilson). This species has been met with at Fort McMurray, on the Athabasca River, from Lesser Slave River to the Peace, and i n B r i t i s h Columbia. It does not appear in M r . Ross's L i s t of Mackenzie River Birds. Mr. G. F . Dippie and M r . W. Raine have both received eggs and skins of this bird from Red Deer, Alberta. On June 3rd, 189S, M r . Wenman found a nest on the Red Deer River. It contained four eggs, and was built i n a poplar, five feet from the ground. Its eggs resemble those of the scarlet tanager, and they are of a dull greenish blue spotted with l i l a c and brown. There are no eggs, but twenty- seven specimen skins, in the Ottawa Museum! 612. C L I F F SWALLOW— P e t r o c l i e l i d o n lunifrons ( Say). On 15th June, 1889, M r . Alexander C. Murray, of Fort St. James, discovered a nest containing four eggs built against the side of a beam or rafter of the post barn. Both parents were seen and the female was shot. Contents of eggs perfectly fresh. They annually breed, in f a i r l y large numbers, i n suitable localities along river and lake banks in New Caledonia, Northern B r i t i s h Columbia. In 1856 about one hundred and fifty nests of this species were for the first time built under the eaves of the three principal buildings of Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie R i v e r ; but as many of the young were destroyed by Indian boys, only one hundred nests were constructed at the same place the following season. I n 1866 a cliff swallow was observed closely examining the 27 |
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