THE NIDIOLOGIST. 



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METHOD OF MOUNTING DIURNAL RAPTORES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM 



My '94 Outing in Korth-tcest 

 Canada. 



JUNE 7. This morning I was very tired 

 and did not get up until 6 o'clock. I 

 had breakfast before starting, and after a 

 short turn through the marsh I found a nest 

 of the Carolina Rail containing four eggs. 

 This bird does not appear to be plentiful at 

 lyong L,ake. I saw many nests of Yellow- 

 headed Blackbirds and Coots, but did not 

 collect any of their eggs. I returned to the 

 house at 8 o'clock, and decided to get a 

 horse and buggy and drive a few miles 

 south on the prairie to examine the blufifs. 



I hired a boy to drive me and assist in 

 any way necessary. About a mile from the 

 house I flushed a Western Savannah Spar- 

 row off her nest and five eggs. The nest 

 was a thin aifair composed of dry grass, 

 and was well sunken into the ground. It 

 was close to the road in a patch of short 

 dry grass. 



My next find was a nest of the Prairie 

 Chicken containing 13 eggs. These eggs 

 were too far advanced in incubation, so I 

 left part of them in the nest. The nest was 

 simply a hole scratched in the ground, lined 

 with a little dry grass. Near by I 

 found a nest of the Shoveller containing 10 



