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reported them common in the Cook Inlet region — specifically men- 

 tioning Hope and Tyonek (1901). 



Cahalane (1944) observed a pigeon hawk on lower Ukak River, 

 September 9, 1940, and saw another on Windy Creek, September 

 16. 



Hine (1919) also found these little hawks to be common in 

 the region of Katmai Bay in the summer of 1919. 



The pigeon hawk is exceedingly rare farther west, but there 

 are a few records available. Turner (1886) mentions a specimen 

 taken at Unalaska in 1879. Bailey (1926) says "Hendee collected 

 one at Unalaska Sept. 25, 1922, and saw another the next day." 



Captain G. A. Amman reported a pigeon hawk, not positively 

 identified, on Kiska Island. 



Taber had an opportunity to observe a pigeon hawk rather 

 closely at the military establishment on Adak Island on De- 

 cember 9, 1945. 



It must be considered rare in the Aleutians, however. 



Hartert (1920) records a female Falco columbaHus insignis 

 collected on Bering Island, June 10, 1915. 



Falco sparverius: Sparrow Hawk 

 Falco sparverius sparverius 



The only record of the sparrow hawk is the statement by 

 Dall (1873) that one was killed at Unalaska in the fall of 1871, 

 but it was not preserved. There are no other records of this 

 species in the entire area under discussion; therefore, Dall's 

 inability to preserve the specimen is unfortunate. 



Family TETRAONIDAE 



Canachites canadensis: Spruce Grouse 



Osgood (1901, 1904) found spruce grouse to be plentiful in the 

 wooded portions of the base of the Alaska Peninsula and the 

 Cook Inlet region. Friedmann (1935) refers to a specimen from 

 Kodiak Island, which was mentioned by Baird, Brewer, and Ridg- 

 way. Cahalane (1944) found this bird to be abundant in the 

 spruce forests north of Mount Katolinat, in the fall of 1940, and 

 saw evidence of its presence north of Savanoski River. The 

 Kodiak Island record had been referred to the Valdez spruce 

 grouse, C. c. atratus, by Friedmann, but it is not known what 

 the Alaskan Peninsula birds would be referable to. 



This bird could not be expected to occur west of the forested 

 portions of Alaska Peninsula. 



