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B I R D S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A DA
about two weeks, when the male takes charge of them, the
female i n the meantime getting ready for a second brood.
The eggs are ovate and short ovate i n shape, and resemble
those of the common phoebe i n every respect excepting that
they are a trifle larger i n size."
The Ottawa Museum holds but four skins and one set of
four eggs found 21st June at Lac des Isles! Nest of grass,
wool, moss, hair, bark and other soft material placed under
a projecting bank of a creek, two and one- half feet from the
water.
467. LEAST FLYCATCHER— E mpidonax minimus Baird.
Examples of this species, which doubtless breeds at Forts
Chipewyan, Rae and Resolution, were obtained i n the spring
of 1880 and afterwards forwarded to M r . Dalgleish. Two
skins and two sets, consisting of seven eggs, taken at Pelican
Narrows and Cumberland House, were receipted at Washington,
season 1891.
Bendire states that i t does not appear to be rare i n the
far north, as there are several breeding records thereof in
the U . S. National Museum, by Messrs. R. Kennicott and
J . Lockhart, from Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake; by
M r . B . R . Ross, f r om F o r t Simpson, and by Miss Elizabeth
Taylor, near Lake Athabasca— all i n the Canadian North-
West Territory. The eggs vary from three to six i n number,
usually four, and one is deposited daily. They are
short and rounded oval i n shape; the shell is strong and thick
for its size, and without lustre. The ground colour is pale
creamy white and they are unspotted. The cow b i r d ( Molo-thrus
ater) imposes its eggs on several of our smaller flycatchers,
including occasionally the one now under consideration.
There are eight skins, and five sets of eggs with four
eggs each, and two with three,— all taken i n the first ten days
' o f June, 1897, at Edmonton, by M r . W . Spreadborough.
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| OCR | B I R D S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A DA about two weeks, when the male takes charge of them, the female i n the meantime getting ready for a second brood. The eggs are ovate and short ovate i n shape, and resemble those of the common phoebe i n every respect excepting that they are a trifle larger i n size." The Ottawa Museum holds but four skins and one set of four eggs found 21st June at Lac des Isles! Nest of grass, wool, moss, hair, bark and other soft material placed under a projecting bank of a creek, two and one- half feet from the water. 467. LEAST FLYCATCHER— E mpidonax minimus Baird. Examples of this species, which doubtless breeds at Forts Chipewyan, Rae and Resolution, were obtained i n the spring of 1880 and afterwards forwarded to M r . Dalgleish. Two skins and two sets, consisting of seven eggs, taken at Pelican Narrows and Cumberland House, were receipted at Washington, season 1891. Bendire states that i t does not appear to be rare i n the far north, as there are several breeding records thereof in the U . S. National Museum, by Messrs. R. Kennicott and J . Lockhart, from Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake; by M r . B . R . Ross, f r om F o r t Simpson, and by Miss Elizabeth Taylor, near Lake Athabasca— all i n the Canadian North- West Territory. The eggs vary from three to six i n number, usually four, and one is deposited daily. They are short and rounded oval i n shape; the shell is strong and thick for its size, and without lustre. The ground colour is pale creamy white and they are unspotted. The cow b i r d ( Molo-thrus ater) imposes its eggs on several of our smaller flycatchers, including occasionally the one now under consideration. There are eight skins, and five sets of eggs with four eggs each, and two with three,— all taken i n the first ten days ' o f June, 1897, at Edmonton, by M r . W . Spreadborough. |
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