\\ irk. .hllir 'JOtli Iss'i The nest W8K ''>iii|.. >s.-d of lily l.-av.-s, 

 gnNH Hlld HI \\ as I'Uilt ill shallou Aliotln-: 



\vo eggs in my |>os.sfssi,,n won collected a .s late M 

 kh l^vi .it 1. 1 -.-|,li. Musk- in this caae 



t the eggs w-re simply laid in a hole in 

 1 near ti 



i .ij.,-11 .Irawt-r l.ef. .p- nn- _'i{8 of 



tlii^ species. The eggs of the great northern di\.r an- 

 dark-looking ami do mt \aiy nnn-li ^>me are nliv.--l.r\vn 

 .tli-Ts "li\.--.lral> MI- cli.K-i.lat. i ami l>l>trtn-.| \vitli 'i 



brown >r Mack. In .s|ia|>- tli-y an- l->n^ ami narrow, an-1 



'.I-,'.- Ill - IQ I ; >\ !, ' ' t'lail o||,- .><-r;|sj,,|| 



, I.M.II^ in Toronto Hay Kut they do not l.n-.-.l m-ar-i- than 



Siiucoe. 



Tin- ivil-thn>at'l ],,. >n is also a coniiiion sunnm-r n-sid.-nt in 

 Manitol.a, ami l>i .iiml Shoal L-ik-.aml L-ik.-s \Vini; 



ami ManitoUi.and in the exteiuiye awBlnps about thf mouth of 



tin- K-'l Kivi-r. Kurtht-r east it \>r Is al.oiit ( t Mifl-r. ami on 



the islands at tin- mouth of tin- Hiv.-r St. LaWtOOOe, ami in 

 ..\.-\\ llninswick. 



Mr. Fra/.-r found this s|..-rii-v l-r.-i-din^ on tin- islands and 



alon^ the coast of Labrador. Tin- r^^ were found on tin- edge 



"f tin- small. -r ponds. Tin- 1-irds maki- no m-sts. lnit lay tht-ir 



- in hollows in tin- ^rmunl close to thf wat-r's fd--\ Tin- 



rhmatfd di\.-r is plfiitiful in let-land, and also l.r Is in 



thf llritish Klands. on tl -ti mainland, and in tin- Shet- 



land and Urkm-y Islands, as \\.-ll as the Hd-ridf^. It is com- 

 mon around tin- s|,or.-x.,|' the Whit - Northern R'i 

 and 1 havf clutches from that localitv. that \Vfiv taken at 

 _'fl. I ha ! t\Vf|it\ 'III Iceland. tlnTf 



fr.'sh f^.L'^ '" fllfctf-l from the miildle of .lun.- to the middle 

 luly. They are .similar in c..|oiir to those of the common 

 lH.n. lint of .-. .iii-s.- are halt' thesi/.-. th.-y \ary from oli\f- 

 l-rown to olivf-drali. s,.ine are gn'yish-l.r.)\\ n or d>-e|. r.-ddish- 

 l.rown with I. lack. In si/.- they vary t'n.n 



Ion.', l.v [M ' I.JMl IT. 



The third sj.ffi.-s , ,f I.H.D. which inhal.its Cr.-at Uritain ju- 

 w.-ll as North Am.-rica. is the 1, lack throat. -d di\ . r. In North 



