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MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Six ; one taken at Britannia Bay, six miles from Ottawa, Oct. 
oth, 1887, by Mr. G. R. White; one purchased with the Holman 
collection, and four others taken at Indian Head, Assa., at 
Medicine Hat, Assa., at Edmonton, Alta., and one at Chilliwack, 
B.C., September 19th, 1901, by W. Spreadborough. 
One set of six eggs taken near Edmonton, Alta., June 2nd, 1897 ; 
nest on the ground made of grass and weeds. Another set of 
four eggs taken May 27th, 1894. Both taken by W. Spreadborough. 
CXXIII. ACCIPITER Brisson. 1760. 
332. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 
Accipiter velox (WILS.) VIGORS. 1824. 
This is one of the commonest hawks we have in the greater 
part of the Dominion. 
Spreadborough saw only one, when exploring, in northern 
Labrador, July 8th, 1896. Richardson records the taking of one 
at Moose Factory on James Bay, and these .two records cover 
our knowledge of its occurrence in the Hudson Bay region. 
Reeks records it as acommon summer resident in Newfoundland, 
the writer found it common on Prince Edward Island, Downs 
says it is equally so in Nova Scotia and Chamberlain says » 
it is the commonest hawk in New Brunswick. All observers 
agree that in Quebec and Ontario it is acommon summer resident. 
Thompson-Seton makes it a common species in the wooded parts 
of Manitoba, and the writer found it everywhere on the prairie 
regions where there was brush or trees. Ross says it is common 
on the Mackenzie to Lat.62° at Fort Simpson. With the above 
records we are sate in saying that it is found in all the wooded 
country south of Lat. 60°. Our mountain records show that it is 
common at Banff and in the whole valley of the Columbia, more 
especially at Revelstoke and Arrow Lakes, also in the valley of 
the Thompson River from Eagle Pass to Kamloops. Fannin and 
Brooks report it common west of the coast range in British Col- 
umbia, while the writer and Mr. Spreadborough found it common 
on Vancouver Island. Turner and Nelson say that it is common in 
the wooded parts of Alaska, straggling northward into the tundra. 
Several sharp-shinned hawks were seen about our winter 
quarters on the Kowak, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, the last 
week in August. (Grznneld.) 
