. Bird-nesting in north-west Canada . sts were large structures of sticks,leaves lined with grass, leaves and straw, and were built nearthe tree tops, from thirty to seventy feet from the ground. In Canada, Europe and Asia Minor, the golden eagle invar-ibly makes its nest in a clifi. This species frequents boreal re-gions, and is known to breed amongst the mountains of Que-bec and near Port Arthur and Thunder Bay on Lake Superior,and also in the rocky mountains of British Columbia. The eggs of the golden eagle are larger than those of thebald species. I have in my collection a series of thirty
. Bird-nesting in north-west Canada . sts were large structures of sticks,leaves lined with grass, leaves and straw, and were built nearthe tree tops, from thirty to seventy feet from the ground. In Canada, Europe and Asia Minor, the golden eagle invar-ibly makes its nest in a clifi. This species frequents boreal re-gions, and is known to breed amongst the mountains of Que-bec and near Port Arthur and Thunder Bay on Lake Superior,and also in the rocky mountains of British Columbia. The eggs of the golden eagle are larger than those of thebald species. I have in my collection a series of thirty eggs,out of this number only one is white like a bald eagles of the largest specimens measure , ,, and threeof the smallest measure ,, The eggs of the golden eagle as a rule are not richlyspotted or blotched like those of the red sliouldered and otherhawks; the general appearance is whitish, or creamy, freckled,vspotted or mottled with grey and various shades of ■# GOLDEN EAGLE & EYRIE In North-West Canada. 19 Out of a series of thirty eggs, selected from some fifty speci-mens that have passed through my hands these last five years,only four clutches can be called richly marked. Most of thespots and blotches are more or less obscure and apparently be-low the surface, showing various tints of purplish grey, drab,and pale brown, by the overlaying of the whitish calcare-ous matter—these four clutches may be described as fol-lows :— Clutch L—Two eggs, size and , groundcolour creamy white, freckled all over with pale brown anddrab ; tow^ards the small ends of the eggs are heavy daubs ofdeep purple grey, and on the top of those are blotches of chest-nut and sienna brown. This handsome clutch was taken inthe mountains of Asia Minor, from a nest in a high cliff, on•April 10th, 1887. Clutch II.—Three eggs, size , and ,ground colour clear white, with heavy
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