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Canada where its prey is said to consist chiefly of ptarmigan. 
The allied /. susticolus or probably F. zslandus breeds in small 
numbers in the same region, as the indians often spoke of a large 
hawk, twice observed by myself, which had successfully eluded 
all attempts to capture itself or its eggs. (Macfarlane.) 
354). Black Gyrfalcon. 
Falco rusticolus obsoletus (GMEL.) STEJN. 1885. 
Abundant at Fort Chimo, Ungava Bay. Eggs obtained 24th 
May. Very rare in winter. (Packard.) Rare at Port Manvers, 
Labrador ; one taken Ig01. (Szgelow.) One specimen was taken 
pie Long Island,)Kine’s Co., N.S. Jan. 8th, 1898.) 177. Tajfis.)r A 
number of individuals of this species have been taken at Godbout, 
on the Lower St. Lawrence, by Mr. Comeau, and I have known 
two individuals to be taken at Quebec. (Dvzonne.) This species 
was common in the river below Fort Chimo, Ungava Biy, Sep- 
tember 18th, 1896. (Spreadborough.) I have a specimen taken on 
the St. Clair Flats, Ont., some years ago. (/. H. Fleming.) 
Thompson-Seton, in his ** Birds of Manitoba,” doubtfully refers 
this bird to that province as a winter visitor. Later, in Zhe 
Auk, Vol. X, p. 49, he says: ‘Since I wrote the ‘ Birds of Mani- 
toba,’ two fine specimens have been taken, and are now in the 
Manitoba Museum.” In the opinion of the writer his quotations 
from Hearne and Hutchins refer to the preceding subspecies and 
not to this one. 
For the nesting of this bird see Bendire’s‘' Life Histories of 
North American Birds,” Vol. I, p. 286. 
In 1896 Mr. John Burton, of Hamilton, presented me witha 
skin of this bird which he obtained at Long Point, Lake Erie, in 
the fall of 1893. This is the only record of this bird occurring in 
Ontario. Mr. McIlwraith, of Hamilton, in his work, “ Birds of 
Ontario,” has no record of this bird, although at the time he 
wrote his book there was the above skin at the home of Mr. 
Burton in Hamilton. This skin is now in the possession of Mr. 
Fleming, of Toronto, whose collection is rich in rare Ontario 
birds. (W. Raine.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
One set of three eggs taken at Fort Chimo, Ungava, June, 
1897, by G. Bouchier. 
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