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Taverner, at Muskoka lake, May 22nd, 1898. The nest was on a 

 ledge of a cliff overhanging the water, twenty-five feet from the top 

 of the cliff and seventy feet above the water. The nest was only a 

 slight hollow on a ledge two feet wide, the half-devoured remains 

 of a ruffed grouse and pileated woodpecker were lying on the ledge 

 near the nest. Mr. Wenman has collected for me two sets of eggs 

 on the banks of Bhndman river, Alberta. There was no nest in 

 either case, the eggs being simply laid on the gravel. A pair nest 

 on Scarboro cliffs, seven miles west of Toronto, and three miles from 

 my house, but the nest is inaccessible. (W. Raine.) 



356a. Peale Falcon. 



Falco peregrinus pealei Ridgw. 1880. 



Mainland of British Columbia and on Vancouver island. Chiefly 

 coastwise. {Fannin.) Mounted specimens of this form were seen 

 in the shop of Mr. Inglis, Vancouver, B.C. (Rhoads.) An immature 

 female was shot in Hecate strait, a few miles off Scudder point, 

 Bumaby island. Several others were seen near Provost island 

 and in Houston Stewart channel, B.C. (Osgood.) One specimen 

 taken at Chilliwack, B.C., October 5th, 1901. (Spreadborough.) 



Along the southwestern coast of Alaska, from Kadiak to Sitka, 

 this dark handsome variety of the duck hawk is found, perhaps 

 entirely replacing its more eastern and northern relative. It has 

 not been recorded from the interior or northern portion of the 

 territory to the north of the Alaskan mountains; but it is known 

 to extend to the extreme western end of the Aleutian chain. 

 (Nelson.) One flew around the Corwin, when we were some distance 

 south of the Aleutian islands and out of sight of land, October 7th, 

 1899. (Bishop.) This falcon was frequently observed on Amchitka 

 island in the month of June, 1881 ; and on Attn island during 1880 

 and 1 88 1. It breeds on nearly all the islands of the chain, and is 

 a winter resident of the Nearer group at least. On Agattu it is 

 reported to be very common; and on Amchitka I knew of three 

 nests on the ledges of the high bluffs hanging over the sea. (Turner.) 



357. Pigeon Hawk. 



Falco CO himbarius Linn. 1758. 

 This species was scattered all across the district of Ungava from 

 the mouth of Whale river almost to Fort Chimo in the summer 

 of 1896, and others were taken off Cape Chidley in Hudson strait; 



