. Bird-nesting in north-west Canada . I SHARP SHIMMED HAWK4 GOLDEN EAGLE 2 PEREGRINE FALCON55 7 SPARRO\A/ HAWKS 3 PIGEON HAWK 6 RED-TAILED HAWK BIRD-NESTING IN NORTH-WEST CHAPTER I. OR several years I had contemplated spending aseason collecting Ornithological specimens in north-west Canada, but it was not until June of the pre-sent year, 1891, that I found myself prepared fora months sojourn amongst the prairies of Manitobaand Assiniboia. Ornithologists, anglers, and sportsmenpuzzling their brains to decide where they will spend a fishingor shooting holiday, will do well to be guided
. Bird-nesting in north-west Canada . I SHARP SHIMMED HAWK4 GOLDEN EAGLE 2 PEREGRINE FALCON55 7 SPARRO\A/ HAWKS 3 PIGEON HAWK 6 RED-TAILED HAWK BIRD-NESTING IN NORTH-WEST CHAPTER I. OR several years I had contemplated spending aseason collecting Ornithological specimens in north-west Canada, but it was not until June of the pre-sent year, 1891, that I found myself prepared fora months sojourn amongst the prairies of Manitobaand Assiniboia. Ornithologists, anglers, and sportsmenpuzzling their brains to decide where they will spend a fishingor shooting holiday, will do well to be guided by this will be learned by a perusal of its pages, the CanadianPacific railway ofiers inducements of no ordinary nature. Florida was once considered the Ornithologist paradise, butof late years the plume-hunters have made sad havoc amongstthe rookeries of the egrets, herons, ibis, terns and otherbirds, and friends of mine who have recently visited Floridahave come away disappointed, having seen nothing of thosevast communities of herons and other birds which we read ofas once nesting there in large colonies. What are undoubtedly the finest shooting-grounds to befo
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