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to build upon. The nests were scarcely ever less than thirty feet 

 from the ground. In the summer of 1891 it was common at Banff 

 and hence breeds there. (Spreadborough.) 



3376, Western Red-tailed Hawk. 



Buteo horealis calurus (Cass.) Ridgw. 1873. 



I have obtained from Mr. M. J. Dodds, St. Thomas, Ont., a fine 

 adult of the western red-tail, which was killed near there in the 

 fall of 1885, by Mr. John Oxford. This appears to be the first 

 recorded occurrence of this species in Ontario. (W. E. Saunders 

 inThe Auk, Yo\.Y ., 202).) Mr. J. Hughes-Samuel took a specimen 

 of this form at Toronto on November 4th, 1895. (/. H. Fleming.) 



Rare; a few seen at Kamloops and Ducks in central British Col- 

 umbia in June, 1889. (Streator.) Very abundant east and west 

 of Coast range. (Fannin.) Resident at Chilliwack, B.C., and 

 tolerably common; rather rare in winter at Lake Okanagan. 

 (Brooks.) This species was common at Revelstoke, B.C., in the 

 spring of 1890. First observed on the 9th April, and became com- 

 mon before the end of the month; on 30th May two pairs were 

 found nesting on the cliffs at Deer park. Arrow lake, Columbia 

 river, B.C., and a female shot; another nest was found in a cliff 

 at the mouth of Pass creek, near Robson, B.C., 1902; a few were 

 seen near the 49th parallel between Trail and Cascade; observed 

 two at Fernie, B.C., and several at Elko, in 1904, and two at Midway 

 in 1905; seen on Vancouver island at Victoria, loth September, 

 1893. (Spreadborough.) Distribution and abundance like that of 

 the eastern form. Breeding near the summits of the Rocky moun- 

 tains at Field, B.C. (Rhoads.) There are specimens in the Geologi- 

 cal Survey museum which were taken at Agassiz and Lake Shuswap, 

 B.C., in 1889. A solitary individual was seen flying near the head 

 of Cumshewa inlet, Queen Charlotte islands, 1900. (Osgood.) A 

 young bird taken near Sitka, Alaska. (Dr. Bean.) This is pre- 

 sumably the common hawk of the upper Yukon. (Bishop.) In 

 North American Fauna, No. 19, p. 73, Bishop gives a full account 

 of the occurrence of this bird in the parts of Alaska traversed 

 by him. 



