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Title: Ornithology and oölogy of New England (microform) : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs
Identifier: cihm_51523 (find matches)
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Samuels, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1836-1908
Subjects: Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux
Publisher: Boston : Nichols and Noyes
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ORNITHOLOOV AND OOLOGY. more helpless offspring; and pays him, as avarice and cruelty ought always to bo paid, with mortification and disappointment." lu a great iniinbcr of eggs in my collection, from many different localities, some specimens are nearly pure-white, while others are smeared with some blotches or continent dabs of yellowish: whether thes3 are stains caused by moisture or dirt, I fvm ignorant; but they are permanent, for I cannot remove them ly water or alcohol. I judge they arc stains from the earth or decayed ve^i,ctation on vvhicli they were laid. Their form is pyriform; and their average length about 1.20 inch, and greatest width 1 inch. NOT E S. I continue Mr. Ooupor's notes, made at Quebec, Lower Canada:— ECTOPISTES MIGRATOKIUS. — The rassonper Pigeon is not so con,inon in tliis portion of Lower as in Upper Canada, wiiere thej' breed in lnrue numbers. They arc found breeding in the eastern townships of Lower Canada; but 1 liave not aseertained tiuit they breed in this district or north of it. 1 remember at one time finding a nest of this pigeon in the woods north of 'l\)r()nto: it contained a single young one. 1 believe there are many instances of its breeding in solitary p.airs, something like the Wood Pigeon of Eiu'ope. ZENAIDURA CAROLINENSl'S —The Carolina Dove has never been noticed in Low.'r Canada. It jccurs occasionally in the woods north of the city of Toronto, whero, I bcliove, it breeds. TETRAO CANADENSIS. — This species is very common frotn October to February. They are in prime condition during the last month. It l)reei!s on both sii'es of the St. Lawrence, lint more common on the soutii. During the above months, there are generally six males to one feniiile exhiliiti'il on our markets. The inhabitants inform mc that fenuUes are very scarce during winter. This is a parodox to me, when I know that botii male aiul f' male feed on the same tree. What is also astonishing, the nest and eggs of this bird are as bard to discover in spring as the female is in winter. I have offered to purchase every nest of this s)iecies brought to me; but, strange to say, I have not been fortunate in seeing one yet. BONASA UMBELLUj. — Common. Breeds. I have repeatedly found the nest of tills species.

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