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with the first hard frosts in the autumn. I shot a 

 young female specimen of this hawk October 16, 

 1886, on the spur of Mount Royal, and saw another 

 one there at the same time. Her craw was crammed 

 with white flesh, probably that of the Canadian 

 ruffed grouse. While watching this goshawk fly- 

 ing around above the woods with graceful swoops, 

 its distended craw gave it the appearance somewhat 

 of a pouter pigeon. A young female of this species 

 was shot November 22, 1890, on Isle Jesus, by Mr. 

 Dixon, and it is now a specimen in the museum of 

 the Natural History Society of Montreal. I ob- 

 served this bird trying to swoop down upon a 

 muskrat in a swamp, but after a while it gave up 

 the attempt and fled off up the creek near us, when 

 it was shot. Several goshawks have been shot here 

 during the winter months, generally in the month 

 of December. 



Genus Buteo. Cuvier. 



102. Red-tailed Hawk. (Hen Hawk.) B. borealis. 



(Gmel.) 



"Transient Visitant," scarce. I have never seen 

 the adult plumaged bird of this species shot here, 

 and I believe it is, in any phase of plumage, a very 

 scarce hawk in this district. 



103. Red-shouldered Hawk. (Hen Hawk.) B. line- 



atus. (Gmel.) 

 " Summer Resident," common. A nest of this 



