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other ducks, fine mosses and lichens, slender stems, grasses, 

 etc., and are skilfully and artistically wrought into a beau- 

 tiful and symmetrical nest, strengthened by the interposition 

 of a few slender twigs and stems without affecting the 

 general felt-like character of the whole. The eggs measure 

 1.10 inches by 0.80, and are of a light greenish ground, 

 marbled and streaked with blotches of obscure purple, clay 

 colour and rufous brown." A second nest, of a much less 

 elaborate character, containing eight eggs, was subsequently 

 discovered on Anderson River to the northward of the post. 

 Sir John Richardson states that this is by no means an 

 uncommon bird in the wooded districts of the North- West 

 Territories up to latitude 60° north, if not farther. Mr. 

 Ross notes it as not rare up to Fort Good Hope, on the Mac- 

 kenzie River. Fairly numerous in portions of British 

 Columbia and also on the Yukon River. The Dominion 

 Museum at Ottawa holds ten specimens and but one set of 

 eggs, taken at Lansdowne, Ontario, by the Rev. C. J. Young, 

 on 24th April, 1895 ! 



624. Red-eyed Vieeo — Vireo olivaceus (Linn.). 



On 15th May, 1'880, Mr. John Reid shot a female bird 

 at Fort Providence, Mackenzie River, which was later for- 

 warded to Mr. Dalgleish. It no doubt breeds annually in 

 that quarter. Early in June, 1890, Mrs. King secured two 

 nests, with the eggs and parents, at Moose Lake, Cumberland. 

 Mr. McKay, of Pelican Narrows, was equally fortunate the 

 following season in finding a nest on a spruce tree which 

 held four eggs. A bird supposed to be the mother was shot 

 near-by at the time (early in June). He states that this 

 fine songster sometimes builds on the ledge of steep rocks, 

 but is rather rare in that locality. Mr. J. M. Macoun 

 found them common also in the country between Isle a la 

 Crosse and Fort McMurray, Athabasca River. Entered in 

 Mr. Ross's List, " North to Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie 

 River. Rare." 



