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cease to do so as the larger timber is rapidly being cleared away. 
It seems to affect woods where beech and black birch are plenti- 
ful, not far, however, from a growth of evergreens. (fev. C./. 
Young.) : 
This bird is generally distributed in the forest country north 
of the prairie. Richardson records it from Jasper House in the 
Rocky Mountains and describes one shot from the nest on the 
Saskatchewan, May 8th, 1827. He also speaks of another taken 
at York Factory, Hudson Bay, Aug. 14th, 1822. Apparently it 
has the same range yet. (Macoun.) This species is confidently 
believed to breed, in small numbers however, between Fort Good 
Hope and the Anderson, Mackenzie District. (Macfarlane.) 
I have eggs from Oak Lake and Crescent Lake in Assiniboia 
and also sets from Alberta. I have aset of two eggs that was 
taken by Mr. Wenman at Stedman’s River, Alberta, the female 
was shot and isnowin my collection. I have another set of three 
eggs collected by Dr. George in northern Alberta, May Ioth, 1894. 
The female of this nest was also shot by Mr. Wenman. Dr. 
George also took a clutch of four eggs out of this same wood in 
May, 1893. It makes a large nest of sticks, weeds and roots and 
builds in the highest tree tops. The American Goshawk is a 
rare summer resident in northern Manitoba, but is more plentiful 
in northern Assiniboia and Alberta. The eggs are bluish white, 
unmarked, although they are sometimes nest-stained. (W. Razne.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two ; one purchased with the Holman collection, and the 
other taken at Toronto, Ont., in 1885 by Samuel Herring. 
A set of two eggs taken at Great Whale River, Hudson Bay, 
June 18th, 1896, by W. Spreadborough. Nest built on top of a 
large tamarac, which was nearly two feet across. It was made 
of tamarac branches and lined with a couple of green spruce 
branches and a few ptarmigan feathers. A nest taken at Fort 
Saskatchewan, Alta., contained three eggs. Nest in spruce tree 
about fifteen feet from the ground ; it was built of sticks and 
lined with weeds. 
334a. Western Goshawk. 
Accipiter atricapillus striatulus RipGw. 1885. 
Tolerably common throughout British Columbia. More abun- 
dant west of the Coast Range. (Fannin.) One seen at Sooke, 
