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Charlson, March 25 ; Harrisburg, March 31 ; and Larimore, April 2. 

 Manitoba — Treesbank, March 15; Aweme, April 5; and Margaret, 

 April 5. Saskatchewan — Eastend, March 17; Skull Creek, March 

 18; Johnston Lake, March 23; Indian Head, March 28; and Ravens- 

 crag, April 3. Alberta — Nanton, March 14. 



Fall migration. — Late dates of autumn departure from the north- 

 ern parts of the breeding range are: Alberta — Brooks, October 2, 

 Saskatchewan — Eastend, October 11; and Indian Head, October 

 29. Manitoba — Margaret, October 4; Treesbank, October 25; and 

 Aweme, November 1. North Dakota — Grafton, October 3; and 

 Charlson, October 19. 



Coaxial reoords. — At least twice the ferruginous roughleg has been 

 detected in southern British Columbia, and eventually it may be 

 found breeding in that Province. On April 28, 1922, one was seen 

 at Osoyoos, while another was observed in the same region on May 

 22, 1922. 



Other casual occurrences have been chiefly at points east of the 

 normal range. Among these are : Nebraska, one at Grand Island in 

 the winter of 1881, one found dead at Neligh, December 25, 1899, 

 one was taken at Warsaw in October 1917, and a specimen was 

 obtained at Ponca, on February 11, 1919; Wisconsin, a pair were 

 taken at Lake Koshkonong on November 10, 1893, and another in 

 the same area in October 1894; Iowa, a specimen was collected at 

 Ottumwa on November 4, 1914, and one was shot at Browns Lake 

 in September 1917; Illinois, one was reported to have been taken in 

 this State near the Mississippi River in 1876; and Indiana, a speci- 

 men was caught in a steel trap near Richmond on April 12, 1917, 

 while a second specimen was taken in the same locality on November 

 13, 1930. 



Egg dates. — Canada: 33 records, April 26 to July 3; 16 records, 

 May 2 to 16. 



Oregon and Washington to Dakotas: 94 records, March 24 to June 

 16 ; 48 records, April 16 to May 10. 



California to Colorado and Texas : 23 records, February 28 to May 

 24 ; 12 records, April 23 to May 14. 



AQUILA CHRYSAETOS CANADENSIS (Linnaeus) 



GOLDEN EAGLE 



HABITS 



This magnificent eagle has long been named the King of Birds, 

 and it well deserves the title. It is majestic in flight, regal in ap- 

 pearance, dignified in manner, and crowned with a shower of golden 

 hackles about its royal head. When falconry flourished in Europe 

 the golden eagle was flown only by kings. Its hunting is like that 



