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• 314 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
lisbed i n 1891, it was stated that i f present on the polar coast,
i t was s u r p r i s i n g that we had never come across a duck of the
H a r l e q u i n species— Histiionicus histrionicus; but since that
time M r . R a i n e , of Toronto, writes that it does breed at the
mouth of the Mackenzie R i v e r , where one of his collectors
found and sent h im eight eggs w i t h the s k i n of the parent,
b i r d . The nest was found on the 19th of June, 1894. It
was built on a high bank, near some ice floes, under sticks
p i l e d up by overflow water i n the spring. The eggs of this
species have seldom been obtained i n N o r t h A m e r i c a . It,
however, breeds i n Iceland, and lays f r om six to eight eggs,
seldom more. Mr. T u r n e r also mentions that the only nest
of Ilistrionicus he ever saw was placed near I l i n l i k village,
on TJnalaska Island.
I t is, however, entered as rare on M r . Ross's B i r d L i s t.
There are but three specimens, and some eggs, i n the Domini
o n M u s e um collection!
161. P A C I F I C EIDEE— Somateria V- nigra ( G r a y ) .
A male example of this eider was shot near the outlet
of the Mackenzie R i v e r , i n latitude 69° north, and it was
afterwards forwarded to M r . D a l g l e i s h i n 1866. In 1858
M r . Ross shot the first male example ever observed i n the far
north, at F o r t Resolution, Great Slave Lake, while the late
M r . Alexander Mackenzie obtained a female at the same
place i n 1861. We have never observed any l i v e birds at
F o r t s Anderson, Chipewyan, or elsewhere i n the interior.
On the shores of F r a n k l i n Bay, however, they breed in
immense numbers. The nest is usually a shallow cavity
i n the ground, b o u n t i f u l l y l i n e d w i t h eiderdown. The eggs
a r e generally five, and but rarely six or seven i n number,
and they are of a pale sea- green colour, w i t h a tinge of olive.
Some nests were found on a sloping bank at a distance of
three or four hundred feet f r om tidewater; but the b u l k of
the collection of eggs taken under personal observation in
that quarter, as well as those received from the Eskimos
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| OCR | • 314 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN lisbed i n 1891, it was stated that i f present on the polar coast, i t was s u r p r i s i n g that we had never come across a duck of the H a r l e q u i n species— Histiionicus histrionicus; but since that time M r . R a i n e , of Toronto, writes that it does breed at the mouth of the Mackenzie R i v e r , where one of his collectors found and sent h im eight eggs w i t h the s k i n of the parent, b i r d . The nest was found on the 19th of June, 1894. It was built on a high bank, near some ice floes, under sticks p i l e d up by overflow water i n the spring. The eggs of this species have seldom been obtained i n N o r t h A m e r i c a . It, however, breeds i n Iceland, and lays f r om six to eight eggs, seldom more. Mr. T u r n e r also mentions that the only nest of Ilistrionicus he ever saw was placed near I l i n l i k village, on TJnalaska Island. I t is, however, entered as rare on M r . Ross's B i r d L i s t. There are but three specimens, and some eggs, i n the Domini o n M u s e um collection! 161. P A C I F I C EIDEE— Somateria V- nigra ( G r a y ) . A male example of this eider was shot near the outlet of the Mackenzie R i v e r , i n latitude 69° north, and it was afterwards forwarded to M r . D a l g l e i s h i n 1866. In 1858 M r . Ross shot the first male example ever observed i n the far north, at F o r t Resolution, Great Slave Lake, while the late M r . Alexander Mackenzie obtained a female at the same place i n 1861. We have never observed any l i v e birds at F o r t s Anderson, Chipewyan, or elsewhere i n the interior. On the shores of F r a n k l i n Bay, however, they breed in immense numbers. The nest is usually a shallow cavity i n the ground, b o u n t i f u l l y l i n e d w i t h eiderdown. The eggs a r e generally five, and but rarely six or seven i n number, and they are of a pale sea- green colour, w i t h a tinge of olive. Some nests were found on a sloping bank at a distance of three or four hundred feet f r om tidewater; but the b u l k of the collection of eggs taken under personal observation in that quarter, as well as those received from the Eskimos |
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