174 BIRDS OF THE GRAND PR^ REGION.^TUFTS. 



Gyrfalcon; and while I know siuch a record is really 

 of no scientific value, the above is given for what 

 it is worth. 



354b. Falco rusticolus ohsoletus (Gmel.). Black Gyrfalcon. 

 — Exceedingly rare winter visitant. One record; 

 a female taken Jan. 8, 1898, on the Grand Pre 

 meadows by my brother, Harold F. Tufts. This 

 specimen is still preserved in the collection of 

 William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



356. Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.). Duck Hawk. — 



Of rare and irregular occurrence. One observed 

 A.ug. 4, 1913, pursuing a flock of Semipalmated 

 Sandpipers at Starr's Point beach. No records 

 except for August and September. 



357. Falco columharius columbarius (Linn.). Pigeon Hawk. 



— Rare and irregular in occurrence. A few speci- 

 mens taken in 1907; no record since till the fall of 

 1916, when one was observed at. Black River. 



360. Falco sparverius sparverius Linn. Sparrow Hawk. — 

 Summer resident — fairly common about the sandy 

 plains and sparsely wooded districts in the western 

 part of the county. Occurs from middle of April to 

 latter part of October. One record for winter, a 

 male taken Jan. 7, 1899, by H. F. Tufts. 



364. Pandionhaliaetus car oUnensis (Gmel.). Osprey; "Fish 

 Hawk." — Rare. Formerly not uncommon in May 

 an.d June, at which season they followed the fish 

 up the Gaspereau River. Of late years I have no 

 records, and these birds may be listed as "rare." 



366. Asia wilsonianus (Less.). Long-eared Owl. — Rare. 

 No record since Sept. 3rd, 1898, when a specimen 

 was taken at Long Island. During 1897 and again 



