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Fanuly ACGIPITRIDAE : Hawks, Harriers 

 Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus) 



McLenegan had earlier reported goshawks as seen "once or twice," 

 and he reported a specimen. Goshawks are well known to Eskimos at 

 Anaktuvuk as woodland birds and they are designated with the same 

 name at Kobuk, where they are known to these woodland Eskimos as 

 residents of the forest. 



Accipiter striatus velox (Wilson) 



There are a nmnber of names for hawks in Eskimo. In some con- 

 versations the various kinds of hawks appear to be as vaguely desig- 

 nated as by English vernacular names. It has therefore been difficult 

 for me to relate the information of Eskimos to the species of this 

 family. Sharp-shinned hawks are not known to occur at Anaktuvuk, 

 and I could not be sure that they were, explicitly known by the Es- 

 kimos at Kobuk. Grinnell's (1900) report shows that sharp-shinned 

 hawks are found at Kobuk. 



Aquila chrysaetos canadensis (Linnaeus) 



AJthough golden eagles had not been earlier reported on the upper 

 Kobuk, they are named there, as at Anaktuvuk, and are so well known 

 among Eskimos that they are listed as regularly nesting in the moun- 

 tainous areas along the upper Kobuk. 



Haliaeetus leucocepkalus alascanus Townsend 



The bald eagle, earlier reported seen only by McLenegan (1889) was 

 clearly described and named at Kobuk but not known to nest there. 

 It is a rare visitor beyond tree line at Anaktuvuk. 



Family PANDIONIDAE: Ospreys 

 Pandion haUaetus carolinensis (Gmelin) 



Sheldon showed me an osprey's nest in 1954 on a tall spruce near 

 Kogaluktuk Creek. He said that the nest had been used for many 

 years. In 1957 I saw an osprey carrying a fish. toward this nest and 

 was informed that the nest was occupied as usual. We have occa- 

 sionally seen ospreys north of the timber in the central Brooks Range, 

 ^Dut Simon Paneak remarked that he had never seen one fishing in 

 those waters. 



Family FALCONIDAE: Falcons 



I am still uncertain that the Kobuk Eskimo name and description 

 refer explicitly to duck hawks {Falco peregrinus) . It is likely that 



