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from the ground, in a small .spruce in the center of an island near the 

 Nordenskiold River July 22, and I secured the female, whose crop 

 held the ti))ia, tarsus, and toes of a flicker. The nest contained three 

 .downy, but ver\^ pugnacious young, one infertile egg, and the remains 

 of a young intermediate sparrow. I kept two of the young alive 

 until July 31, when both were well feathered and trying to fly and 

 were as irascible as ever. The last survivor succeeded in getting out 

 of his box w'lile we were moored at Dawson, flew into the Yukon, and 

 was carried rapidly along by the current, though struggling valiantly 

 to reach the shore. I suspect that it succeeded, as I heard a man who 

 hurried after it say later that he would have ' fricasseed chicken for 

 dinner.' 



76. Accipiter atricapillus. American Goshawk. 



I saw an adult flying high above the shore of Lake Marsh July 8 

 with a mammal, probably a ground squirrel, in its talons. 



77. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tail. 



This is presumably the common hawk of the Upper Yukon ; for the 

 two large hawks taken are this species, and the numerous others seen 

 resembled these in appearance, flight, and cry. About half were in 

 the melanistic plumage. 



Passing down Six-Mile River July 1 we saw three large buteos 

 circling, and we noticed others frequently, usually in pairs, until we 

 left Circle. Osgood and Maddren found a nest near Lake Marsh July 

 5 regarding which a pair of these birds were very solicitous. It was 

 high in a spruce, and was empty except for a dead ground squirrel. 

 On Fifty-Mile River July 10 1 found a nest that was about 55 feet up 

 in a spruce and contained two downy young. Osgood shot the female, 

 which was in light plumage; the male, a melanistic bird, escaped. 

 Osgood shot a melanistic female at Lower Lebarge July 17, and I 

 found a pair — one light, the other dark — near Fort Selkirk July 25. 

 These had a nest that was 60 feet up in a spruce and contained two 

 young able to fly. I saw another nest with the birds about it on an 

 island near the White River July 31. 



78. Archibuteo lagopus. Rough-legged Hawk. 



On September 1, 6, 7, and 9 we saw at St. Michael large hawks 

 which from their proportions and flight were either buteos or archi- 

 buteos. Osgood shot one on Whale Island September 8, but could 

 not retrieve it. Mr. Nelson's experience with the hawk family at St. 

 Michael leads me to refer these birds to this species. 



79. Haliseetus albicilla. Gray Sea Eagle. 



Lieutenant Satterlee, of the Oorwin, found a dead bi^d of this 

 species at Unalaska October 5, which proved to be a young female. 



