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; 386 THROUGH THE MACKENZIE BASIN
468. HA M M O N D ' S F L Y C A T C H E R — E m p i d o n a x hammondi
Xantus.
Frorri an article published in Volume II. of the " Proceedings
of the United States National Museum, 1879," by
tbe late eminent and well- known oologist, Dr. Brewer, of
Boston, I find a reference to some eggs of this flycatcher,
obtained from " Anderson River," which I conclude were
sent to the Smithsonian Institution among a number of
unidentified specimens, as I can discover no specific record
thereof, nor of an example of Myiodioctes pusillus, entered
in the Receipt List of Birds under either heading in my
field- notes. Major Bendire writes: " Hammond's flycatcher
is evidently a very common summer resident in central British
Columbia, where Mr. R. MacFarlane took a number of
its nests in the vicinity of Stuart's Lake, in June, 1889, and
the United States National Museum was favoured with
several sets of eggs, nests, and the parents belonging to them,
all of which proved to belong to this species. Some of these
- nests were apparently placed in upright crotches of willows,
and others on horizontal limbs close to the trunks of small
conifers, at no great distance from the ground. The earliest
of six breeding records from this vicinity is June 4th; the
latest, 22nd June. The nests differ somewhat from those
previously described as far as the inner lining is concerned.
In three of these the bottoms are covered with scales of buds
.. of conifers, and the sides are lined with fine plant fibres,
; shreds of bark, plant down and bits of hypnum moss in fruit.
I n the set of four eggs taken by Mr. Dennis Gale, of Gold
; l l i l l , Colorado, every egg is marked, and the same is the
<- case with a set of three eggs taken by Mr. - MacFarlane.
'. The number of eggs laid to a set is usually three or four.
" The shell is strong, close- grained, and without lustre. They
vary in shape from short ovate to elongate ovate. The
ground colour is pale creamy white, and the majority of the
eggs are unspotted. In the small series before me there are,
however., two sets which are spotted. The spots or specks on
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| OCR | ; 386 THROUGH THE MACKENZIE BASIN 468. HA M M O N D ' S F L Y C A T C H E R — E m p i d o n a x hammondi Xantus. Frorri an article published in Volume II. of the " Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1879," by tbe late eminent and well- known oologist, Dr. Brewer, of Boston, I find a reference to some eggs of this flycatcher, obtained from " Anderson River," which I conclude were sent to the Smithsonian Institution among a number of unidentified specimens, as I can discover no specific record thereof, nor of an example of Myiodioctes pusillus, entered in the Receipt List of Birds under either heading in my field- notes. Major Bendire writes: " Hammond's flycatcher is evidently a very common summer resident in central British Columbia, where Mr. R. MacFarlane took a number of its nests in the vicinity of Stuart's Lake, in June, 1889, and the United States National Museum was favoured with several sets of eggs, nests, and the parents belonging to them, all of which proved to belong to this species. Some of these - nests were apparently placed in upright crotches of willows, and others on horizontal limbs close to the trunks of small conifers, at no great distance from the ground. The earliest of six breeding records from this vicinity is June 4th; the latest, 22nd June. The nests differ somewhat from those previously described as far as the inner lining is concerned. In three of these the bottoms are covered with scales of buds .. of conifers, and the sides are lined with fine plant fibres, ; shreds of bark, plant down and bits of hypnum moss in fruit. I n the set of four eggs taken by Mr. Dennis Gale, of Gold ; l l i l l , Colorado, every egg is marked, and the same is the <- case with a set of three eggs taken by Mr. - MacFarlane. '. The number of eggs laid to a set is usually three or four. " The shell is strong, close- grained, and without lustre. They vary in shape from short ovate to elongate ovate. The ground colour is pale creamy white, and the majority of the eggs are unspotted. In the small series before me there are, however., two sets which are spotted. The spots or specks on |
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