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579 [[strikethrough]] Bonasa (umbellus?) [[/strikethrough]] ^[[460]] ^[[Tetrao canadensis, - nest on moss in thick woods. K.]] 5 eggs. Ft. Res. May 29. [[strikethrough]] The Indian who brought them said that the parent, which he saw, but did not shoot, was [[underlined]] B. Umbellus [[/underlined]] which is common here. But they may also be [[underlined]] Tet. canadensis [[/underlined]], which also breed here. The nest was on moss in thick woods. K

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583 [[underlined]] Gambetta flavipes [[/underlined]]  [[male symbol]] with 4 eggs. This bird shot sitting on the nest, I am sure to be the male. Nest of the simplest kind being merely a depression (without any lining of sticks or grass) at the foot of a small bush, in rather open ground, a rod from the edge of a marsh. This species arrived here among the first, this spring. Ft Res., June 1. K.

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586 [[underlined]] Junco hyemalis [[/underlined]]  [[male symbol]]. Bill pinkish nearly white, tarsi perfectly white, toes light brown. Ft Res. June 1. K

285 [[underlined]] Porzana carolina [[/underlined]]  [[female symbol]] Iris light reddish brown. Ft Res. June 1. K.