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from the nest. Osgood (1901) saw goshawks frequently near 

 Tyonek, and two immature birds were collected. Osgood (1904) 

 again reported a goshawk at Iliamna Pass, July 13, 1902, and 

 several immature birds were observed repeatedly at the mouth 

 of Chulitna River. Later, he observed the species at Nushagak. 



This sums up normal distribution of the goshawk in the region 

 under discussion, though on August 15, 1946, Gabrielson recorded 

 one at Dutch Harbor, and, on August 20, he noted another at 

 Simeonof Island in the Shumagins. Ordinarily, the goshawk is 

 confined to the Kodiak-Afognak area and the base of the Alaska 

 Peninsula — the regions that contain the forested areas. 



Accipiter striafus: Sharp-shinned Hawk 

 Accipiter striafus velox 



Friedmann (1935) records a specimen collected by Bischoff on 

 Kodiak Island, March 10, 1869. Osgood (1904) reports seeing 

 a sharp-shinned hawk on the Mulchatna River, September 3, 1902 ; 

 apparently, these are the only records for the area here con- 

 sidered — this bird sharing the forested areas with the goshawk. 

 But Swarth (1934) reports a specimen taken on Nunivak Island, 

 north of the area here considered, on September 14, 1927. This 

 bird was found among the boulders on the shore, far from any 

 forest, which is a most unusual occurrence. 



Buteo lagopus: Rough-legged Hawk 

 Buteo lagopus s.johannis 



We observed the rough-legged hawk at Kodiak and Afognak 

 Islands. Friedmann (1935) has recorded a number of specimens 

 in both light and dark color phases from Kodiak, and he mentions 

 Bretherton's statement that this species nests there. Osgood 

 (1904) reports a nesting pair on an islet in Lake Clark, and he 

 observed one bird near the mouth of Chulitna River and another 

 on the lower Nushagak. McKay took a specimen in 1881 on the 

 Aleknagik River. 



Cahalane observed these hawks on the west side of Alaska 

 Peninsula, on Naknek River and Three Forks, in September 1940, 

 and, in the same year, Gabrielson noted one at Kodiak, June 14, 

 and one at Dillingham, July 17. 



Gianini (1917) observed these hawks nesting in "fair num- 

 bers," in Stepovak Bay, in 1917. In 1911, Wetmore found them 

 to be fairly common near Frosty Peak, and he noted one at Un- 



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In 1925, I found a number of nests on cliffs about Izembek 



