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locality, December 24. On December 28, on 

 Reindeer Lake, I noted : " Saw hawk again 

 to-day and almost got within gunshot ; believe 

 it to be Gyrfalcon." On Cumberland Lake 

 observed two winter -hawks : greyish white under- 

 parts, speckled probably lightly ; clear black 

 spot on ear coverts ; upper parts dark ; tail 

 longish ; bird large, would say about twenty 

 inches, January 9, 1915. Possibly those latter 

 were Goshawks ? 



PIGEON HAWK(Falco columbarius columbarius). 

 Seven specimens. An adult female (two 

 other birds seen), Reindeer Lake, July 13. A 

 female in company with four or five almost fully 

 fledged young, three of which were taken, Lake 

 Du Brochet, August 3 ; the young have the wings 

 and tail not fully grown, and traces of down on 

 the head ; the old bird is in very worn plumage 

 with one fresh blue tail feather, but showing no 

 other sign of the blue plumage. Two fully fledged 

 young birds (two others seen), Lake Du Brochet, 

 August 7. 



Observed on Lake Du Brochet on August 8, 11. 



[SPARROW HAWK (Falco sparverius sparve- 

 rius)]. Female observed Big River, May 10. 



AMERICAN OSPREY (Pandion halliaetus caroli- 

 nensis). Three specimens. A female, Crooked 

 Lake, May 13. A male taken at nest, 

 Lake He a la Crosse, May 25 ; " nest containing 

 single egg on very top of broken-off dead Jack 

 Pine, nest mainly built of dry twigs, inside thickly 

 lined with damp mud, grass, and moss ; fish 

 scales on edge of nest ; the male bird was bring- 

 ing both talons full of damp moss to nest when 



