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ground. One taken on Reindeer Lake thirty 

 miles south of Fort Du Brochet, December 30. 



[MARSH HAWK (Circus hudsonicus)]. Observed 

 Beaver River, May 20. First one seen since 

 leaving the prairies. Apparently not numerous 

 in this territory. One observed Sandfly Lake on 

 the Churchill River, June 11. One observed Du 

 Brochet Lake, Cochrane River, August 11 ; 

 a female or young bird in brown plumage. This 

 was the only specimen of this species seen to date 

 in the Far North. Two young birds observed 

 Cochrane River, on return journey, August 14. 



SHARP-SHINNED HAWK (Accipiter velox). An 

 adult male, taken at Otter Lake, Churchill River, 

 June 20. 



AMERICAN GOSHAWK (Astur atricapillus atri- 

 capillus). A female, and set of three eggs, taken 

 on Beaver River, May 16. Nest described in 

 Chapter II. 



[WESTERN RED-TAILED HAWK ? (Butes borealis 

 calurus)]. Observed single bird, Beaver River, 

 May 16, 21 ; Black Bear Island Lake on the 

 Churchill River, June 13. One observed chasing 

 a Spotted Sandpiper, Island Lake, Churchill 

 River, June 26. 



BROAD- WINGED HAWK (Butes platypterus). 

 Three specimens : a melanotic male, Crooked 

 River, May 14, is chocolate brown except for the 

 tail-bars, which are normal ; a male taken in 

 same locality on May 15, and a female taken on 

 Beaver River, May 16. 



[GOLDEN EAGLE? (Aquila chrysaetos ?)]. Ob- 

 served two dark eagles (?), which appeared to 

 be this species, over Black Bear Island Lake, 



