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52. Itis found northward to the coast of the Arctic Sea, and 
probably in the most northern Georgian Islands; it is a well- 
known inhabitant of Iceland and Captain Sabine observed it on 
the west coast of Greenland, as high as Lat. 74°. (Richardson.) 
During my residence in the north I secured: only a single 
specimen of this bird, an Eskimo skin taken at Cape Darby on 
the Alaskan shore of Behring Strait. (JVe/son.) A single specimen 
of this species was killed at St. Michael, 15th May, 1877. It is 
not a common bird in this vicinity, and oftener seen in spring than 
at other seasons. (Zurner.) | 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Three fine specimens, all procured at Fort Churchill, Hudson 
pay, by Dr. R. Bell. 
354. Gray Gyrfalcon. 
Falco rusticolus Lixn. 1758. 
The darker form of Great Northern Falcon, by some held to be 
distinct both from F. ¢slandus and F. gyrfalco. Yhe northern 
limits of its breeding range have not yet been determined. A 
young male falcon killed 24th September, 1872, on the Fiskenes, 
referred by Dr. Finsch to F. gyrfalco probably belonged to this 
form. (Arct. Man.) Common in north Greenland. (Herlut Winge.) 
Winter specimens only obtained at Fort Chimo. Not known to 
breed in the Ungava District. (Packard.) Common resident in 
Greenland and breeding at Ivigtut. (Hagerup.) Probably 
occurs in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 
Casual. One specimen of this species was shot by Mr. E. White 
on the banks of the Rideau, below Cummings’ Bridge, Ottawa, on 
3rd December, 1890 ; another was shot by G. R. White some years 
before. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Since the year 1885, I 
have received over 30 sets of the eggs of this fine bird from Ice- 
land. It lays from 3 to 4 handsome eggs, making a slight nest on 
ledges of the sea cliff. (W. Raine.) 
354a. Gyrfalcon. 
Falco rusticolus gyrfalco (LINN.) STEJN. 1885. 
There is no doubt but that this form was included in F. zslandus 
by Sir John Richardson as he found the birds nesting not far from 
where Macfarlane found this species 40 years later. 
