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364 THROUGH THE MACKENZIE BASIN
as in colouration. The most common forms are short and
rounded ovate, and occasionally a specimen is distinctly
elliptical ovate. The ground colour when visible, which is'
not often the case, is pale creamy or yellowish- white; in some
specimens this is evenly overlaid with colouring matter,
giving it a light chocolate- coloured appearance, in others it
approaches a pale yellowish- brown, and in one it is a
decided fawn colour. The egg's are irregularly blotched,
streaked, smeared, and spotted with various shades of claret-brown,
vinaceous rufous and brick- red. In some the markings
are well defined, in others confluent, giving them a
clouded appearance— the majority are pretty evenly marked
throughout; in a few they are more heavily spotted on one
of the ends. Compared with the eggs of other falcons they
are decidedly darker coloured, resembling the heavier marked
and darker specimens of the eggs of Audubon's caracara
( Polyborus cheriway)."
The Museum at Ottawa contains two skins, procured at
York Factory, Hudson Bay, by Dr. R. Bell, and another
taken at Edmonton by Mr. Spreadborough in May, 1897;
also three sets of three eggs each, one from Red Deer, Alberta,
and two from Fort Chimo, Ungava, taken by Mr. G. Bour-chicr
in June, 1898.
357. P I G E O N HAWK— F a l c o columharius ( Linn.).
The late Chief Trader John Wilson, then of Fort Rae,
snared the female parent on a nest containing four eggs,
which was built on a spruce tree. It was composed of dry
twigs and grasses mingled with a few feathers. Both bird
and eggs were forwarded to Mr. Dalgleish, summer 1886.
In 1881 a nest holding three eggs ( two of them broke) was
found on a tree near Fort Providence. The parent was seen
and well identified. The egg was sent to Dr. Bell. I would
again quote from Major Bendire: " With but few exceptions,
nearly all the eggs of this species in the U . S. National
Museum collection were obtained north of the United States.
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| OCR | 364 THROUGH THE MACKENZIE BASIN as in colouration. The most common forms are short and rounded ovate, and occasionally a specimen is distinctly elliptical ovate. The ground colour when visible, which is' not often the case, is pale creamy or yellowish- white; in some specimens this is evenly overlaid with colouring matter, giving it a light chocolate- coloured appearance, in others it approaches a pale yellowish- brown, and in one it is a decided fawn colour. The egg's are irregularly blotched, streaked, smeared, and spotted with various shades of claret-brown, vinaceous rufous and brick- red. In some the markings are well defined, in others confluent, giving them a clouded appearance— the majority are pretty evenly marked throughout; in a few they are more heavily spotted on one of the ends. Compared with the eggs of other falcons they are decidedly darker coloured, resembling the heavier marked and darker specimens of the eggs of Audubon's caracara ( Polyborus cheriway)." The Museum at Ottawa contains two skins, procured at York Factory, Hudson Bay, by Dr. R. Bell, and another taken at Edmonton by Mr. Spreadborough in May, 1897; also three sets of three eggs each, one from Red Deer, Alberta, and two from Fort Chimo, Ungava, taken by Mr. G. Bour-chicr in June, 1898. 357. P I G E O N HAWK— F a l c o columharius ( Linn.). The late Chief Trader John Wilson, then of Fort Rae, snared the female parent on a nest containing four eggs, which was built on a spruce tree. It was composed of dry twigs and grasses mingled with a few feathers. Both bird and eggs were forwarded to Mr. Dalgleish, summer 1886. In 1881 a nest holding three eggs ( two of them broke) was found on a tree near Fort Providence. The parent was seen and well identified. The egg was sent to Dr. Bell. I would again quote from Major Bendire: " With but few exceptions, nearly all the eggs of this species in the U . S. National Museum collection were obtained north of the United States. |
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