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the valley below, as is the custom of Willow Ptarmigan, but flew 

 rapidly to another' mass of weathered boulders and there soon hid 

 themselves. 



On August 24th, during a heavy rainstorm, while making my way 

 across one of these fields of grotesquely shaped stones, I came suddenly 

 upon a old male bird. It had just emerged from between two great 

 blocks, and stood looking at me. After a few moments hesitation, 

 it stretched out its neck and gave a long cackle, unlike any call I had 

 ever heard. It was a crescendo of clucks, somewhat pheasant-like 

 in quality — knk, kuk, kuk, kuk — each syllable stronger and of a 

 higher pitch than the last. 



8. AsTUR gentilis atricapillus Wilson. 

 Goshawk. 



One adult female taken at Nicholsville during March, and pre- 

 served in the flesh until June; a pair of large immature birds from 

 Nicholsville July 29th and August 2nd respectively. 



On July 6th, my guide, Norman Nichols, showed me a nest which 

 he claimed had been occupied by Goshawks only a few weeks before. 

 It was a bulky structure in a spruce tree about twenty feet frOm the 

 ground. It was built of sticks arranged in a nearly level platform 

 about one yard across and fifteen inches deep. I both heard and saw 

 Goshawks in the vicinity on several later occasions. Their cry was a 

 monotonous, but almost startling repetition of a sharp note, sounding 

 not unlike the shrill pronunciation of the words gray, gray, gray! 



9. Falco columbarius columbarius Linne. 



Pigeon Hawk. 



Two adult females and a male from Port au Port, August 11th. I 

 expected to find the Pigeon Hawk a common bird in Newfoundland, 

 but aside from the specimens secured, I met with the species only at 

 Deer Lake June 30th, and Spruce Brook September 13th. 



10. Bubo virginianus heterocnemis (Oberholser). 



Labrador Horned Owl. 



Four adults of both sexes from Nicholsville, July 10th, 16th, and 

 30th, respectively; two immature birds July 10th and August 6th 



