58 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



kameen district, though rare along the Pacific coast. Dr. MER- 

 RIAM reports that COMEAU has found it breeding at Point des 

 Monts, and " not particularly rare." TURNER found it breeding 

 in the Ungava district, and COUES discovered one pair on the 

 Sweet Grass Hills. It ranges from the far north to Mexico, and 

 is probably sedentary throughout. 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus. 



BALD EAGLE. 



A common bird throughout the Dominion, being, probably, 

 most abundant in British Columbia, and rarest along the Great 

 Lakes. Breeds from our southern border to the Arctics. 



Falco islandus. 



WHITE GYRFALCON. 



This is an Arctic bird, but in winter it occasionally wanders 

 as far south as the Bay of Fundy. 



Falco rusticolus. 



GRAY GYRFALCON. 



TURNER reports that this species appeared at Fort Chimo 

 in winter only ; he could not learn of any breeding in the 

 Ungava district. 



Mr. BOARDMAN has two specimens that were taken in the 

 Bay of Fundy. 



Falco rusticolus gyrfalco. 



GYRFALCON. 



This species occurs frorn, the Hudson's Bay district westward, 

 and north to the Arctic Ocean. 



