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Falco sparverius sparverius Linn. Sparrow Hawk. In 1912, spar- 

 row hawks were observed in the following localities: June 29, North 

 Kawishiwi-Clear Lake portage; July 13, Gabro Lake portage; July 15, 

 South Kawishiwi river; August 27, Lake Isabelle. 



Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.). Osprey. July 18, 1912, 

 a nest containing young large enough to be seen from the ground was 

 found in a tall dead pine about a mile south and the same distance west 

 from the forks of the Kawishiwi river. Both parent birds were at the nest. 

 Three old nests were seen in the vicinity, the same pair of birds having 

 probably nested in the locality for a number of years. On July 2 and 20 

 an osprey was seen at the long rapids of the Kawishiwi, and Aug. 14 a 

 number were seen at Lake Gabro. In 1915 one was observed on the 

 Perent river August 4, and one at the east shore of Lake Isabelle on Aug- 

 ust 31. 



Bubo virginianus virginianus (Gmel.). Great Horned Owl. 

 Common. July 1, 1912, an adult female and one of her brood of three 

 were shot on the south bank of the North Kawishiwi about two miles west 

 of the Clear Lake portage. July 13 and August 3 adult birds were shot 

 along the South Kawishiwi opposite Clear Lake and on an island near 

 the southeast shore of Lake Bald Eagle, respectively. 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.). Black-billed Cuckoo. One 

 was seen on the North Kawishiwi-Clear Lake portage July 10, 1914; 

 several had been heard since the first of the month. In 1915 one was 

 heard July 3, in the same locality. 



Ceryle alcyon alcyon (Linn.). Belted Kingfisher. In 1912 many 

 Kingfishers were seen June 20, along the North Kawishiwi westward from 

 the Clear Lake portage; on August 27 one was seen on the Isabelle at the 

 second portage. My notes for August 9, 1915, state that one was seen at 

 the east shore of Lake Isabelle, but that prior to that date only an occas- 

 ional one had been seen in that region. After August 12, however, this 

 species was seen daily up to our departure in September. 



Dryobates villosus villosus (Linn.). Hairy Woodpecker. 1912: 

 A specimen was shot June 24, in a mixed woods of spruce, pine and birch 

 along the North Kawishiwi river near the long rapids: June 27 another 

 was shot on the Clear Lake portage. 1914: A specimen was shot July 

 16, in the burnt-over hills bordering the South Kawishiwi near the Gabro 

 Lake outlet. 1915: July 3, my notes refer to the hairy wood-pecker as 

 numerous in the region of the Clear Lake portage. 



Picoides arcticus (Swains.). Arctic Three-toed. Woodpecker. 

 1912: June 19, two specimens were shot among some tamaracs, one on 

 the north shore of Clear Lake, the other on the shore of the North Kawish- 

 iwi. June 27 and July 26 a specimen was shot in dry open woods respect- 

 ively on the North Kawishiwi-Clear Lake portage and on the bank of the 

 North Kawishiwi opposite. 1914: July 16 one was taken on the burnt- 

 over hills between the South Kawishiwi and the Gabro Lake outlet. 

 1915: Two were seen August 1 in open woods on the first portage of the 

 Is'abelle above Rice Lake. 



