Bucephala clangula, Duck egg
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Description:
One of eleven American goldeneye eggs (Bucephala clangula americana) (CBE1408 - CBE1418) collected from the same nest in Manitoba, Canada in June of 1924, by Ernest Norman. Norman noted that the nest was, "on the top of a broken poplar stub, 12ft. high. Eggs laid on rotten wood chips, with a bit of down around the eggs."
Orig. Set Mark: n-4/11 Norman Coll.
- Site: Canada; Manitoba; Kalevala Lake
- Site Number: NH13Fa
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Anseriformes
- Family: Anatidae
- Genus: Bucephala
- Species: Bucephala clangula
- Collection: Ornithology Collection
- Object Name: Fowl Birds
- Object Id: CBE1408
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