240 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
No examples. of this bird were secured by me in northern 
Alaska, nor haveI seen any. Several specimens from Kadiak are 
the only ones known from Alaska. (Velson.) Both on the main- 
land and Vancouver Island, B.C. In my experience rare. (Fan- 
nin.) Tolerably common migrant at Chilliwack, B.C.; rather 
scarce in the Cariboo district of British Columbia in winter. 
(Brooks.) Sumas and Osoyoos Lake. (Lord.) One seen at 
Vernon and a specimen seen at the same place in the collection 
of Mr. Pound. Another shot on Vancouver Island is in the pos- 
session of Mr. Lindley of Victoria. Considered a very rare bird 
on the Pacific Coast. (hoads.) 
BREEDING NoTes.—First observed on Hudson Bay north of 
Great Whale River, 28th June, 1896. It breeds on nearly all the 
high cliffs all the way across Ungava District from James Bay 
to Ungava Bay. On 13th July, Mr. Russell found a nest with 
three eggs, incubation far advanced. I found a nest on a cliff 
at east end of Seal Laké 3rd August in which the young were 
about half grown. The nest was a mere mass of sticks lined with 
dry grass. This is the common large hawk of the country. 
(Spreadborough.) 
This form of A. /agopus is abundant in the Anderson district as 
specimens have been obtained from all parts of the surrounding 
forest to the borders of ‘‘ the barrens,” as well as from the Arctic 
coast. Over seventy nests were collected during the period of 
exploration treated of by these notes. About fifty-five of them were 
built in the crotches of trees not far from the top and at a height 
of 20 to 30 feet from the ground. They were externally of sticks, 
twigs and small branches, rather comfortable, lined with hay, 
mosses, down and feathers. The remaining fifteen were situated 
near the edge of steep cliffs of shady rock on the face of deep 
ravines and on declivitous river banks, and these were usually 
made of willow sticks and twigs, but with a thicker lining of hay, 
moss and other soft materials. The eggs varied from three to 
five, never more than the latter number, and their contents were 
like those of some other birds’ eggs gathered by us, in different 
stages of incubation in the same nest. (Macfarlane.) 
A rare summer resident in northern Assiniboia and northern 
Alberta from where I have received both eggs and skins. I have 
sets of eggs taken by Mr. L. Dicks at Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, 
