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at a nearby perch were feathers and rabbit fur. During the last few 

 years Robert Bruce had seen the adults, but not the young perched on 

 this nest when he was returning down river from Crow Flats at the 

 end of the trapping season, just after the middle of June. Many 

 people in the village were familiar with this nest. 



Between May 2 and 5, six rough-legs were recorded flying over 

 Porcupine River as we traveled with dog team to Dave Lord Creek 

 and back. We thought that several were migrating and that their 

 common direction was northward, but Ben Charlie, son of the former 

 chief, was of the opinion that most rough-legged hawks arrived in 

 April and were already settled before May. 



The Indian name is Chut rhui chun tsik. 



Aquila chrysaetos canadensis (Linnaeus) 



Joe Bryant of the Canadian Wildlife Service at Aklavik reported 

 seeing a golden eagle about April 5 during a survey of muskrats at 

 Crow Flats. While at Old Crow on April 20, Ben Charlie said that 

 he had already seen a golden eagle on the Flats. The observations of 

 our party record only one sight of a golden eagle, on May 16 flying 

 eastward over Porcupine River. The mountainous areas we visited 

 were restricted in extent and contained few ground squirrels. Con- 

 sequently they were unfit for golden eagles. More suitable areas 

 would be found in the high mountains, where Kessel, Murie, and 

 Schaller (Unpubl. Ms.) reported golden eagles along the upper part 

 of Sheen] ek River. 



The Indian name is Ghittese. 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus tdascanus Townsend 



On May 18 a bald eagle was soaring high above Porcupine River 

 east of the village. A flock of 20 Canada geese flew under at half the 

 eagle's altitude without changing their V formation or course, and 

 the eagle continued its soaring flight eastward. On June 6, Francis 

 Williamson saw two bald eagles near Driftwood River. A few bald 

 eagles summer and probably nest along the Porcupine River, and 

 from occasional views of them along the river they are familiar to 

 the Indians, who call them Chizin. 



Circus cyaneus hudsonius (Linnaeus) 



Imale May 14 weight 367 g. little fat testes 8,6x15.6, 7x13 



mm. 

 1 female May 19 weight 663 g. fat egg 16 mm. 



On May 5 a marsh hawk with brownish flanks flew northward along 

 Dave Lord Creek and continued its flight north by west across Porcu- 

 pine River, Another seen earlier over Dave Lord Creek also was 

 migrating northward. On May 7 two marsh hawks, later distin- 



