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abundant from Cape Henrietta Maria to Moose Factory in 1904. 

 (Spreadborough.) Audubon, Vol. I, 89, states that eggs and nest 

 were found in Labrador about June ist. Coues met with it (p. 216) 

 on two occasions at Groswater bay on 5th August and on 25th of 

 same month at Henley harbour. (Packard.) 



This species is more or less common, breeding in suitable places 

 in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Bruns- 

 wick, Quebec and Ontario. It is also common in the wooded parts 

 of Manitoba, extending north to Fort Churchill on Hudson bay, 

 where it was taken by Dr. R. Bell, and Cape Eskimo, where one 

 was seen by Preble. Richardson says it makes its appearance on 

 the coast of Hudson bay in May about York Factory in lat. 57°. 

 He also saw what he took to be the same species at Great Bear lake 

 in lat. 66°. This was in the spring of 1825. Atkinson writes that 

 this is a regular breeding species throughout Manitoba and that he 

 noted it at several points between Portage la Prairie and Edmonton, 

 Alta. Ross records it north to Lapierre House in the vallev of the 

 Mackenzie. It is a common species in the wooded portion of Alaska, 

 and extends west to Unalaska, according to Turner. It descends 

 south into British Columbia east of the Coast range, where it is 

 fairly common though rare on the coast, according to Fannin. 

 A mated pair seen at Lake la Hache, B.C., by Mr. Rhoads. 



On the prairie it is not very common, but one was taken at Medicine 

 Hat in May, 1894, and a pair in the Cypress hills in the same year. 

 A few were observed on Old Wives creek, Sask., in 1895. None 

 were seen in the mountains by Mr. Spreadborough in 1890, 1891, 

 1897 and 1898, but a pair were found breeding by him in the summer 

 of 1902 at Cascade, B.C., on the 49th parallel, and a nest was taken 

 by him at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897. In 1903 one was seen 

 by Mr. Spreadborough at Spirit river, Peace River district, Atha., 

 and at Lesser Slave lake he found it to be common. In 1905 he 

 saw one at Meyers creek, B.C. 



I found the pigeon hawk quite common during August along the 

 Kowak, Kotzebue sound, Alaska. (Grinnell.) We saw a pigeon 

 hawk near Charlie creek. Osgood took a young male, twelve miles 

 above Circle and I saw one at Aphoon'mouth, Yukon river. (Bishop.) 

 Homer, Alaska. (Figgins.) An adult male was taken at Seldovia, 

 Alaska. (Anderson.) 



