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Prairie Falcon | l-'alcn uic.ricaniix, Schleg). 

 Taken at Chilliwhack and Kamloops. 



Duck Hawk ( l-'ulrtt /in Tjiriinix ana hint, Bonap). 



.More common on Mainland than Vancouver Island. Taken in 

 the Okanagan country. 



Peale's Falcon I ' Falco jtcrrf/riiins pealci, Kidgw). 



Found chiefly along the Coast of Mainland and Vancouver 

 Island. Taken at Cadboro Bay, near Victoria; at Chilliwhack and 

 Metlakatla. 



Pigeon Hawk ( Falco culinnliarius, Linn). 



Apparently more coninion east of the Coast Range. Has been 

 taken on the coast; also at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



Black Merlin ( i'alco colnnibfirlns suckleyi, Kidgw). 



Abundant in summer on Vancouver Island and portions of the 

 Mainland. Taken at Chilliwhack. 



Richardson's Merlin (Falco richardsonii, Kidgw). 



Not common on Vancouver Island. Taken near Victoria, Chilli- 

 whack and Okanagan. 



Desert Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparvcrins phalwna, Lesson). 



Abundant throughout the southern portions of the Mainland, 

 including Vancouver Island, from the coast to Rocky Mountains. 



PAXDION. (Savigny). 



American Osprey. Fish Hawk (Pandiori Imlmtns carolinesis. 



Gmel). . 



Common throughout the Province on Mainland and Island, 

 including Queen Charlotte Islands. Their nest is a huge heap of 

 sticks usually on the broken top of a tree. 



FAMILY BUBONID^E. HORNED OWLS, ETC. 



Asio. (Brisson). 

 American Long-eared Owl (Asio wilsonianus, Less). 



This bird is frequently seen abroad during the day, but is not 

 remarkable for its voice or habits. It is not common in the Province. 

 Taken at Vancouver Island, Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



