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101 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
of coarse w i r y grass stems and softly l i n e d with feathers of
Loqopus. Tho eggs, five i n number, have the ground colour
light umber drab, f a i n t l y blotched with deeper l i v i d slate
and with a few straggling black lines, much as i n certain
/<•/< riiliv and i n Chondestes. They measured 0.86 of an
inch i n length by 0.6: 3 i n breadth. In 1826 the crops of
several birds k i l l e d at Fort F r a n k l i n , Great Bear Lake,
latitude 65° 30' north, i n the beginning of M a y , were filled
with the seeds of Arctoslaphylos alpina.
The Ottawa Museum holds twenty- one specimens and
six sets of eggs, i n c l u d i n g one of five taken by C a p t a i n A .
Murray, i n 1896, i n Repulse B a y , H u d s o n Ray.
r> 37. SMITH'S LONGSPUR.— Calcarius piclus ( Swains.).
A male b i r d shot near F o r t Providence i n A p r i l , 1894,
was forwarded to D r . B e l l . This species has been taken by
M r . Strachan Jones at F o r t Y u k o n , but there is no other
record, of its having been taken i n A l a s k a . It also breeds
abundantly on the slopes of the C a r i b o u H i l l s , eighty miles
south of the A r c t i c coast, west of the Mackenzie R i v e r delta.
Here Bishop Stringer found several nests i n June, 1897.
They were built on the ground i n grassy hummocks, and
contained from four to six eggs i n each, which somewhat
resemble eggs of the L a p l a n d longspur, except that they
have a paler ground colour. Ten nests before M r . R a i ne
were all made of dry grass and well l i n e d w i t h feathers.
We, however, found this longspur very abundant i n tbe
country to the eastward of F o r t Anderson, i n the B a r r en
Grounds, and i n the lower Anderson valley. These several
localities yielded an aggregate of one hundred and fifty
nests. They were all on the ground, and usually i n open
spaces or plains, but some were also placed i n the v i c i n i ty
of trees. Tbe average number of eggs was four, occasionally
three and as many as five. The nests were constructed
of fine dry grasses, carefully arranged and l i n e d w i t h down,
feathers or finer material s i m i l a r to those of the outer por-
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| OCR | 101 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN of coarse w i r y grass stems and softly l i n e d with feathers of Loqopus. Tho eggs, five i n number, have the ground colour light umber drab, f a i n t l y blotched with deeper l i v i d slate and with a few straggling black lines, much as i n certain /<•/< riiliv and i n Chondestes. They measured 0.86 of an inch i n length by 0.6: 3 i n breadth. In 1826 the crops of several birds k i l l e d at Fort F r a n k l i n , Great Bear Lake, latitude 65° 30' north, i n the beginning of M a y , were filled with the seeds of Arctoslaphylos alpina. The Ottawa Museum holds twenty- one specimens and six sets of eggs, i n c l u d i n g one of five taken by C a p t a i n A . Murray, i n 1896, i n Repulse B a y , H u d s o n Ray. r> 37. SMITH'S LONGSPUR.— Calcarius piclus ( Swains.). A male b i r d shot near F o r t Providence i n A p r i l , 1894, was forwarded to D r . B e l l . This species has been taken by M r . Strachan Jones at F o r t Y u k o n , but there is no other record, of its having been taken i n A l a s k a . It also breeds abundantly on the slopes of the C a r i b o u H i l l s , eighty miles south of the A r c t i c coast, west of the Mackenzie R i v e r delta. Here Bishop Stringer found several nests i n June, 1897. They were built on the ground i n grassy hummocks, and contained from four to six eggs i n each, which somewhat resemble eggs of the L a p l a n d longspur, except that they have a paler ground colour. Ten nests before M r . R a i ne were all made of dry grass and well l i n e d w i t h feathers. We, however, found this longspur very abundant i n tbe country to the eastward of F o r t Anderson, i n the B a r r en Grounds, and i n the lower Anderson valley. These several localities yielded an aggregate of one hundred and fifty nests. They were all on the ground, and usually i n open spaces or plains, but some were also placed i n the v i c i n i ty of trees. Tbe average number of eggs was four, occasionally three and as many as five. The nests were constructed of fine dry grasses, carefully arranged and l i n e d w i t h down, feathers or finer material s i m i l a r to those of the outer por- |
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