. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 102 NE8T8 AND EGGS OF ^nement. In. Great Britain it is a winter visitant. During the migrations it is ?aid to be found in great numbers along the coast of Norway, and at these seasons it is stated, to be abundant iru Holland; France and Germany. It is said to occur during the breeding season in Northern Siberia. The shores of the White Sea to the eastward are supposed to be the great breeding places of this bird.* The eggs are grayish-white and measure 176. EMFSKOB GrOOSE. PMlacte canOsrica (Sevast.) Gepg. Dist.—Coast and islan
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 102 NE8T8 AND EGGS OF ^nement. In. Great Britain it is a winter visitant. During the migrations it is ?aid to be found in great numbers along the coast of Norway, and at these seasons it is stated, to be abundant iru Holland; France and Germany. It is said to occur during the breeding season in Northern Siberia. The shores of the White Sea to the eastward are supposed to be the great breeding places of this bird.* The eggs are grayish-white and measure 176. EMFSKOB GrOOSE. PMlacte canOsrica (Sevast.) Gepg. Dist.—Coast and islands of Alaska north of the Peninsula; chiefly about Norton Sound and Valley of the Lower Yukon; Commander Islands, Kamtchatka; casually southward to Hum bolt Bay, California. Among the various species of birds more or less peculiar to Alaska, says Mr. Nelson, this goose is perhaps the most noteworthy. This author and naturalist lay camped on a lonely islet in the middle of the Yukon delta for the purpose of gaining some knowledge of the habits of these geese and other water fowl during the last of May and first of June. The birds arrive about those periods. Early in June the. 176. Emperor Goose. Emperor Goose begins to deposit eggs on the flat, marshy islands bordering the sea. On June 5 a female was found setting upon her eggs on a little knoll, near by a small fragment of bleached driftwood. The nest contained three eggs. They rested in a depression with no sign of a lining. Other nests were found and the birds each- time betrayed them by flying off with a startled cry. The majority of the nests con- tained from three to five eggs, the full complement usually ranging from five to eight. The eggs are absolutely indistinguishable from those of the White-fronted Goose, and in form and measurements present a wide range of variation; some are much elongated, while others are slightly pyriform. As usually taken from the nests they are of a dirty brownish-white, but when fresh are
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