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B I R D S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 379
different ovates to an elongate ovate. Both sexes assist in
incubation, which lasts f r om twelve to fourteen days. Their
food consists p r i n c i p a l l y of grubs, larva?, of insects, ants, various
species of lepidoptera, which they catch on the wing like
fly- catchers, and berries." The Dominion Museum at Ottawa
does not own a skin or egg of this species!
405. P I L E A T E D WOODPECKER— Ceophloeus pileatus ( Linn.).
I n the spring of 1889 four male birds of this woodpecker
were shot— three of them near Stuart's Lake, and the fourth
at Fort Babine— and the skins were later forwarded to
Washington. Major Bendire states that Chief Trader B . R .
Ross, of the Hudson's B a y Company, had taken an example
at F o r t L i a r d , i n the extreme north- eastern corner of B r i t i sh
Columbia, and M r . John Reid one on B i g Island, i n Great
Slave Lake, which marks the most northern point of
its known range. An egg is deposited daily, and incubation
begins occasionally before the set is completed,
and lasts about eighteen days, both sexes assisting i n this
duty, as well as i n caring for the young. Like all woodpeckers,
the pileated are very devoted parents, and the young
follow them for some weeks after leaving the nest, until fully
capable of caring for themselves. Only one brood is raised
i n a season. The eggs are pure china- white i n colour, mostly
ovate i n shape; the shell is exceedingly fine grained and very
glossy, as i f enamelled; they are not as pointed as those of
the ivory- billed, and average smaller. Professor Macoun
has excluded this species from his Catalogue, and has instead
entered " C. pileatus abieticola Bangs," 1898, the northern
sub- species adopted since Major Bendire's death a year
or two before. The Ottawa Museum contains nine skins
thereof, but no eggs!
412. FLICKER— C o l a p t e s auratus ( Linn.).
On 7th June, 1885, a nest i n a hole i n a poplar tree was
found near Fort Chipewyan, which contained four fresh
eggs. The female parent was shot. Six days earlier an-
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| OCR | B I R D S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 379 different ovates to an elongate ovate. Both sexes assist in incubation, which lasts f r om twelve to fourteen days. Their food consists p r i n c i p a l l y of grubs, larva?, of insects, ants, various species of lepidoptera, which they catch on the wing like fly- catchers, and berries." The Dominion Museum at Ottawa does not own a skin or egg of this species! 405. P I L E A T E D WOODPECKER— Ceophloeus pileatus ( Linn.). I n the spring of 1889 four male birds of this woodpecker were shot— three of them near Stuart's Lake, and the fourth at Fort Babine— and the skins were later forwarded to Washington. Major Bendire states that Chief Trader B . R . Ross, of the Hudson's B a y Company, had taken an example at F o r t L i a r d , i n the extreme north- eastern corner of B r i t i sh Columbia, and M r . John Reid one on B i g Island, i n Great Slave Lake, which marks the most northern point of its known range. An egg is deposited daily, and incubation begins occasionally before the set is completed, and lasts about eighteen days, both sexes assisting i n this duty, as well as i n caring for the young. Like all woodpeckers, the pileated are very devoted parents, and the young follow them for some weeks after leaving the nest, until fully capable of caring for themselves. Only one brood is raised i n a season. The eggs are pure china- white i n colour, mostly ovate i n shape; the shell is exceedingly fine grained and very glossy, as i f enamelled; they are not as pointed as those of the ivory- billed, and average smaller. Professor Macoun has excluded this species from his Catalogue, and has instead entered " C. pileatus abieticola Bangs," 1898, the northern sub- species adopted since Major Bendire's death a year or two before. The Ottawa Museum contains nine skins thereof, but no eggs! 412. FLICKER— C o l a p t e s auratus ( Linn.). On 7th June, 1885, a nest i n a hole i n a poplar tree was found near Fort Chipewyan, which contained four fresh eggs. The female parent was shot. Six days earlier an- |
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