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to build upon. The nests were scarcely ever less than thirty feet 
from the ground. In the summer of 1891 it was common at Banff 
and hence breeds there. (Spreadborough.) 
337. Western Red-tailed Hawk. 
Buteo borealis calurus (Cass.) RipGw. 1873. 
I have obtained from Mr. M. J. Dodds, St. Thomas, Ont., a fine 
adult of the western red-tail, which was killed near there in the 
fall of 1885, by Mr. John Oxford. This appears to be the first 
recorded occurrence of this species in Ontario. (W. E. Saunders 
in The Auk, Vol. V., 203.) Mr. J. Hughes-Samuel took a specimen 
of this form at Toronto on November 4th, 1895. (J. H. Fleming.) 
Rare; a few seen at Kamloops and Ducks in central British Col- 
umbia in June, 1889. (Streator.) Very abundant east and west 
of Coast range. (Fannin.) Resident at Chilliwack, B.C., and 
tolerably common; rather rare in winter at Lake Okanagan. 
(Brooks.) This species was common at Revelstoke, B.C., in the 
spring of 1890. First observed on the 9th April, and became com- 
mon before the end of the month; on 30th May two pairs were 
found nesting on the cliffs at Deer park, Arrow lake, Columbia 
river, B.C., and a female shot; another nest was found in a cliff 
at the mouth of Pass creek, near Robson, B.C., 1902; a few were 
seen near the 49th parallel between Trail and Cascade; observed 
two at Fernie, B.C., and several at Elko, in 1904, and two at Midway 
in 1905; seen on Vancouver island at Victoria, 10th September, 
1893. (Spreadborough.) Distribution and abundance like that of 
the eastern form. Breeding near the summits of the Rocky moun- 
tains at Field, B.C. (ihoads.) There are specimens in the Geologi- 
cal Survey museum which were taken at Agassiz and Lake Shuswap, 
B.C., in 1889. A solitary individual was seen flying near the head 
of Cumshewa inlet, Queen Charlotte islands, 1900. (Osgood.) A 
young bird taken near Sitka, Alaska. (Dr. Bean.) This is pre- 
sumably the common hawk of the upper Yukon. (Bzshop.) In 
North American Fauna, No. 19, p. 73, Bishop gives a full account 
of the occurrence of this bird in the parts of Alaska traversed 
by him. 
