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frew it breeds. (Rev. C.J. Young.) The red-tail breeds in scat- 
tered pairs about one to four of the red-shouldered. It nests a 
little earlier and lays two to three eggs. (W.£. Saunders.) This 
bird breeds in Welland Co. and throughout southern Ontario. 
(W. Raine.) On May 3iIst, 1891, I took a nest of this near Indian 
Head, Assa. The nest contained three eggs and was built of 
sticks in adead poplar (Populus tremulordes) about 30 feet from the 
ground. This species feeds chiefly on gophers and mice. At 
Edmonton, on the North Saskatchewan, in 1897, I observed a 
a number of nests mostly along the river and small streams. 
These were nearly always in cottonwood trees (Populus balsamt- 
fera) but I think it is on account of these trees having large 
branches near the top that they seem to prefer them than from 
any other cause, as I also observed a few in poplar trees (Populus 
tremuloides) where the branches were suitable for them to build 
upon. The nests were scarcely ever less than thirty feet from 
the ground. In the summer of 1891 it was common at Banff and 
hence breeds there. (Spreadborough.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Four ; one purchased with the Holman collection; another 
taken near Toronto, Ont., by S. Herring; one taken in poplar 
woods near Fort Pelly, Man., September 3rd, 1881, by the writer, 
and one at Hyde Park, Ont., by W. E. Saunders. 
A nest taken near Edmonton, Alta., by W. Spreadborough, 
May 17th, 1897, contained two eggs. The nest was in a poplar 
tree, built of sticks and lined with bark and twigs. Another set 
taken at Chatham, Ont., on April 30th, 1888, contains two eggs. 
3376. Western Red-tailed Hawk. 
Buteo borealis calurus (Cass.) RrpGw. 1873. 
I have obtained from Mr. M. J. Dodds, St. Thomas, Ont., a fine 
adult of the Western Red-tail, which was killed near there in the 
fall of 1885, by Mr. John Oxford. This appears to be the first 
recorded occurrence of this species in Ontario. (W. E. Saunders 
in The Auk., Vol. V., 203.) Mr. J. Hughes-Samuel took a specimen 
of this form at Toronto on November 4, 1895. (J. 1. Fleming.) 
The only known instance of the occurrence of this bird in 
Alaska is recorded by Dr. Bean, who secured a young bird near 
Sitka, June 5, 1880. (/Velson.) Rare; a few seen at Kamloops 
