. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 329 Francois Mercier, who obtained tliem April 1, 1880. Mr. Nelson describes ttiem as follows: "These two nests now before me, are built of a matted mass of cotton- like down of some plant; about the upper edge and in the cavity are pieces of rabbit fur. a few Horned Owl feathers and strips of baric. The entire nest rests upon a horizontal branch nearly two inches in diameter, and a scanty number of small dead spruce twigs, six to eight inches long, loosely woven into the
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 329 Francois Mercier, who obtained tliem April 1, 1880. Mr. Nelson describes ttiem as follows: "These two nests now before me, are built of a matted mass of cotton- like down of some plant; about the upper edge and in the cavity are pieces of rabbit fur. a few Horned Owl feathers and strips of baric. The entire nest rests upon a horizontal branch nearly two inches in diameter, and a scanty number of small dead spruce twigs, six to eight inches long, loosely woven into the structure, give it consistency and prevent It from being easily damaged. This nest is four and a half inches high by six broad, with a cavity two and a half inches deep by three and three- "â ;it. 484^. Alaskan Jay (After Nelson . ' fourths inches across the top. The other nest was placed in the forlc of a small branch less than an inch in diameter, and rests on a rough platform of slender spruce twigs. The main part of the nest is made of the same cottony substance as is the first, and is also interwoven with twigs. Above this is a layer of fine fibrous black moss, such as occurs on spruce trees. The inside of the cavity is slightly lined with fine grass. This nest measures four inches high by six inches broad, and the cavity two inches deep by two and three-fourth inches across the ; 484o. LABRADOR JAY. Perisorcus canadensis nigricapillus Ridgw. Oeog. Dist.âCoast district of Labrador, north to Ungava Bay. A resident and breeds wherever found. Its general habits and characteristics are similar to those of other members of this family. Major Bendire describes a set of five eggs of this bird taken in Labrador in about latitude 57° 30' N. They were collected by Mr. Jewell D. Sornborger in the summer of 1892. The eggs resemble those of the Canada Jay in color and in general style of markings, but the latter are. as a rule, coarser and larger, and the eggs are m
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