Diary, 1901, of trip with Alfred Emerson Preble to the Athabaska-Mackenzie region
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June 2. Took a good catch 2 mammals. Peromypcus Eostomp & Sorex. The Eost- omp measure larger than those taken near Chippewym We put in the afternoon looking after our traps and shooting birds and secured several, Including Tyrannus tyrannus, Louisiana Tanagers, Canada Nuthatche, a pair of Nudomen Chickadees, White-should出 Will, Tennessee Walslee etc. Found the nest of the Nudomen Chickadees and will try to Preserve it entire in the moon. In the afternoon we stemmed up all our specimens nearly 40 and set out more traps in- cluding some steel traps Took a pair of yellowbelled Wod pickers the first seen since leaving the Henry's timbered valley of the Athabasca. June 3. Took about 25 mammals Eostomp, Peromypcus Sorex & Searious and shot a few birds, Tyrannus, Dindraica vtrmns. Empbus fluvivictrix etc. The egg nest of Parus contained 4 young and two eggs on the point ? Hatching. and as we had shot the birds we preserved the young in formalin. A strong Cold wind from the north blew all day and made col- lecting very difficult. June 4 Took a fair catch of Sorex, Peromypcus & Eostomp, and shot a few birds. Wind very high and cold and collect- my difficult. Spent an hour or two in the marsh and took Ayglains Seirious worboraecesis. Found a nest of avamp sperson contain my 5 egg. It was will a tuuscket of grass over the water. Reset many of our traps my brother shot another Black throa warbler Ish was unable to send it