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the hawk was beaten the eagle would come down on him, the fish 
was dropped, the eagle caught it and each would sail away, the 
eagle to the forest, the hawk to the sea. Day after day this per- 
formance was repeated and the hawk’s nest was located but that of 
the eagle was not seen. 
In June, 1893, the writer was collecting at Comox, Vancouver 
island, and observed the same thing to a less extent, but besides 
getting a supply from the hawks the eagle fished for himself. Not 
by diving, however, but by going to stony flats at Cape Lazo and 
fishing for himself. Shallow pools were left when the tide was 
out and in them numerous small fish, chiefly under stones. We 
had been collecting seaweeds and smail fish and a “‘singing fish,” 
we were told, was found there. This fish certainly made a booming 
noise and guided us to its retreat, and numerous specimens were 
collected. The eagle seemed to be guided by the sound for he, too, 
obtained specimens under our very eyes. All my observations are 
against this form killing birds. I have seen him catch snakes and 
fish, steal fish from the fish hawk and eat carrion, but beyond that 
I never saw him go. All observers report this species as breeding 
near water and it seems to know that it is an advantage to build its 
nest as near the food supply as possible. 
BREEDING NotEes.—This bird is fast becoming scarce in eastern 
Ontario. Up to the year 1895 there was a nest every year in a tall 
pine about seven miles east of Gananoque and a mile from the St. 
Lawrence. There is still (1901) a nest every year near Charleston 
lake, about ten miles from Lansdowne. It also breeds on Simcoe 
island, opposite Kingston, Ont. I was present at the taking of its 
eggs on 28th April, 1900, two in number and almost ready to hatch. 
As the seventy acres of woodland in which this nest is situated are 
being cleared of timber it is probable that the bird will shortly be 
banished from this locality, but it still nests undisturbed on the 
Duck islands and Timber island, Lake Ontario, and up to the year 
1902 it nested in a large elm on Horse-shoe island, opposite Kingston, 
Ont. .(Rev.,C. J. Young.) 
This species nests regularly, though rarely, along the shores of 
Lake Erie, and along other large bodies of water in Ontario where 
the country is not too thickly settled, but I have never heard of, nor 
seen it, breeding away from the water. (W. E. Saunders.) At 
