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446 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
f a i r l y common and very widely distributed over the northern
states of the U n i o n , throughout the Dominion of Canada
to the P o l a r Ocean, and also i n A l a s k a to P o i n t Barrow.
M r . Raine says that he has three sets of its eggs that were
taken at Shoalwater B a y and Mackenzie R i v e r Bay, A r c t ic
America. One set of five was found J u n e 6th, 1898 ; another
set of four J u n e 4th, 1 8 9 0 ; aud another set of five June 7th,
1808, so that the first week i n June appears to be the time
this b i r d has fresh eggs i n that remote locality. The Eskimo
name for this owl is " N i p a i c l o o k t i k . " According to Major
Bendire, its food consists almost exclusively of small rodents,
mice, lemmings and gophers, as well as grasshoppers, insects
of various kinds, and occasionally a small b i r d . Like the
barn and long- eared owls and several of the hawks, it deserves
and should receive the fullest protection, being far more
beneficial than otherwise. Incubation probably lasts about
three weeks, and o r d i n a r i l y bur one brood is raised. The
eggs are usually from four to seven i n number. They are
white i n colour, w i t h a very faint creamy tint perceptible in
most of the specimens; the shell is smooth, finely granulated
and not as lustrous as are the eggs of the preceding long-eared
species. In shape they vary from oval to e l l i p t i c al
ovate, and a few are nearly equally pointed at each end.
The Canadian N a t i o n a l Museum contains six b i r d specimens,
one of them purchased with the H o l m a n lot i n 1885,
one from Quebec, one from Ontario, and the other three ( one
each) from Saskatchewan, Alberta and B r i t i s h Columbia;
also one set of five eggs taken at Moose J a w . Saskatchewan,
M a y 28th, 1894, by M r . W . Raine. Nest on ground, a
hollow lined with gTass and weeds, built on a r i s i n g ground
overlooking the slough. Mr. Ross says this owl is common
i n the Mackenzie R i v e r d i s t r i c t to E o r t Simpson, w h i l e the
long- cared species is rare, and both are " winterers."
.170. GR E A T GR E Y OWE— S c o t i a p t c x cinerea ( G m e l i n ).
I should not say that this owl was i n " great abundance"
i n the Anderson region, as inadvertently stated on page 33
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| OCR | 446 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN f a i r l y common and very widely distributed over the northern states of the U n i o n , throughout the Dominion of Canada to the P o l a r Ocean, and also i n A l a s k a to P o i n t Barrow. M r . Raine says that he has three sets of its eggs that were taken at Shoalwater B a y and Mackenzie R i v e r Bay, A r c t ic America. One set of five was found J u n e 6th, 1898 ; another set of four J u n e 4th, 1 8 9 0 ; aud another set of five June 7th, 1808, so that the first week i n June appears to be the time this b i r d has fresh eggs i n that remote locality. The Eskimo name for this owl is " N i p a i c l o o k t i k . " According to Major Bendire, its food consists almost exclusively of small rodents, mice, lemmings and gophers, as well as grasshoppers, insects of various kinds, and occasionally a small b i r d . Like the barn and long- eared owls and several of the hawks, it deserves and should receive the fullest protection, being far more beneficial than otherwise. Incubation probably lasts about three weeks, and o r d i n a r i l y bur one brood is raised. The eggs are usually from four to seven i n number. They are white i n colour, w i t h a very faint creamy tint perceptible in most of the specimens; the shell is smooth, finely granulated and not as lustrous as are the eggs of the preceding long-eared species. In shape they vary from oval to e l l i p t i c al ovate, and a few are nearly equally pointed at each end. The Canadian N a t i o n a l Museum contains six b i r d specimens, one of them purchased with the H o l m a n lot i n 1885, one from Quebec, one from Ontario, and the other three ( one each) from Saskatchewan, Alberta and B r i t i s h Columbia; also one set of five eggs taken at Moose J a w . Saskatchewan, M a y 28th, 1894, by M r . W . Raine. Nest on ground, a hollow lined with gTass and weeds, built on a r i s i n g ground overlooking the slough. Mr. Ross says this owl is common i n the Mackenzie R i v e r d i s t r i c t to E o r t Simpson, w h i l e the long- cared species is rare, and both are " winterers." .170. GR E A T GR E Y OWE— S c o t i a p t c x cinerea ( G m e l i n ). I should not say that this owl was i n " great abundance" i n the Anderson region, as inadvertently stated on page 33 |
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