CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 233 
BREEDING Notres.—This species builds about the middle of 
April. The nest closely resembles a crow’s, but is larger and very 
untidy. It is composed of coarse sticks loosely placed together 
with fine ones, and lined with bark of a vine (probably grape vine), 
and pieces of rough bark. The nest is placed near the trunk of 
the tree at from 20 to 60 feet from the ground. The eggs, three 
or more in number, are yellowish white, with blotches of yellowish 
brown and slate. A nest found on 30th April near the mouth of 
the Gatineau River at Ottawa, Ont., was built in a swamp ash 
(Fraxinus sambucifolia) about 20 feet from the ground. The old 
bird was sitting at that date. (G. R. White) 
Strangely enough this is the most common hawk along the St. 
Lawrence between Kingston and Brockville, though I never saw 
it in the counties of Renfrew and Lanark. It seems to just take 
the section of country where the Red-tailis absent. It is an early 
breeder, returning to the same woods year after year, even 
though disturbed. It usually builds or repairs a nest in a beech 
tree, but I have seen nests in maple, ash, oak, pine, elm, and once 
ina hemlock. The earliest éggs I have seen were_a set of four 
on Apri] 14th, 1898, an unusually early date ; the latest was May 
23rd. The average time of laying is about April 25th; the 
favourite tree for nesting, a beech. This bird becomes rare in 
Eastern Ontario, 15 to 30 miles north of the St. Lawrence, and 
50 miles back, is almost unknown, its place seeming to be taken 
by the Broadwinged Hawk. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Rather com- 
mon, breeding in all suitable woods in the vicinity of London,Ont. 
(W. E. Saunders.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Three ; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885 ; two 
taken at Toronto by Samuel Herring. 
A nest taken at Lily Lake, Peterborough Co., 25 miles 
north of Port Hope, Ont., by Mr. N. H. Meeking, on April 24th, 
contained four eggs. A set of three eggs was taken in the county 
of Leeds, Ont., April 21st, 1901, by Rev. C. J. Young. Another 
set of three taken near London, Ont., by J. E. Keays, April, u7th, 
1897. 
3396. Red-bellied Hawk. 
Buteo lineatus elegans (Cass.) Ripew. 1874. 
Not very common. I have taken it at Burrard Inlet, B.C. Mr. 
W. B. Anderson found it at Port Simpson, B.C., and Mr. Brooks 
