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BIRDS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 329
taken by Mr. J . B. Tyrrell at Sounding Lake, Alberta, in
June, 1886.
230. WILSON'S SNIPE— Gallinago delicata ( Ord).
There can be no doubt that this snipe breeds on the lower
Saskatchewan River, as well as at Pelican Narrows and in
the region beyond. An example skin was received and
thereafter shipped from Cumberland District in the summer
of 1891. We did not— some forty years ago— find it
particularly numerous in the Anderson River country, where
only a few nests were found. The nests of all the snipes
and sandpipers observed there were much alike in situation,
composition and number of eggs. The Anderson collections
were made after Mr. B. R. Ross's resignation from the
charge of the Mackenzie River District in 1862.
This snipe is widely distributed throughout Western
Canada and Alaska. Mr. Macoun mentions that early in
1890 he found a nest beside a log in a small bog close to
the Canadian Pacific water- tank at Revelstoke, B. C. The
nest was close to the water, and anyone walking along
the line could see the bird, but she hatched out her young
and led them off in safety. The Ottawa Museum holds but
four specimens and a few eggs!— one from Rev. C. J . Young,
and the others were received from Mr. Raine.
232. LONG- BILLED DOWITCHER— Macrorhampus scolopaceus
( Say).
Early in June, 1891, an individual specimen was secured
at Pelican Narrows, where stragglers of the species probably
breed. In the Anderson River region, however, where
it is not abundant, several nests, each holding four eggs,
were taken between the 21st of June and the first day
of July i n the earlier sixties of the last century. M. griseus
( Gmelin) is also supposed to be a resident there during the
annual season of nidification. Both species are entered in
Mr. Ross's List as " rare " on the Mackenzie.
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| OCR | BIRDS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 329 taken by Mr. J . B. Tyrrell at Sounding Lake, Alberta, in June, 1886. 230. WILSON'S SNIPE— Gallinago delicata ( Ord). There can be no doubt that this snipe breeds on the lower Saskatchewan River, as well as at Pelican Narrows and in the region beyond. An example skin was received and thereafter shipped from Cumberland District in the summer of 1891. We did not— some forty years ago— find it particularly numerous in the Anderson River country, where only a few nests were found. The nests of all the snipes and sandpipers observed there were much alike in situation, composition and number of eggs. The Anderson collections were made after Mr. B. R. Ross's resignation from the charge of the Mackenzie River District in 1862. This snipe is widely distributed throughout Western Canada and Alaska. Mr. Macoun mentions that early in 1890 he found a nest beside a log in a small bog close to the Canadian Pacific water- tank at Revelstoke, B. C. The nest was close to the water, and anyone walking along the line could see the bird, but she hatched out her young and led them off in safety. The Ottawa Museum holds but four specimens and a few eggs!— one from Rev. C. J . Young, and the others were received from Mr. Raine. 232. LONG- BILLED DOWITCHER— Macrorhampus scolopaceus ( Say). Early in June, 1891, an individual specimen was secured at Pelican Narrows, where stragglers of the species probably breed. In the Anderson River region, however, where it is not abundant, several nests, each holding four eggs, were taken between the 21st of June and the first day of July i n the earlier sixties of the last century. M. griseus ( Gmelin) is also supposed to be a resident there during the annual season of nidification. Both species are entered in Mr. Ross's List as " rare " on the Mackenzie. |
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