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Moose Factory on James bay, and Fieldon records one taken by 

 Captain Markham near York Factory in August, 1886. These re- 

 cords cover our knowledge of its occurrence in the Hudson bay 

 region, though Preble saw it at Norway House, Oxford House and 

 Hill river. Reeks and Porter record it as a common summer resi- 

 dent in Newfoundland, the writer found it common on Prince 

 Edward Island, Downs and Tufts say it is equally so in Nova Scotia 

 and Chamberlain says it is the commonest hawk in New Brunswick. 

 All observers agree that in Quebec and Ontario it is a common 

 summer resident. Seton makes it a common species in the wooded 

 parts of Manitoba, and the writer found it everywhere on the prairie 

 regions where there was brush or trees. Ross says it is common 

 on the Mackenzie to lat. 62° at Fort Simpson. With the above 

 records we are safe in saying that it is found in all the wooded 

 country south of lat. 60". Our mountain records show that it is 

 common at Banff and in the whole valley of the Columbia, more 

 especially at Revelstoke and Arrow lakes, also in the vaUey of 

 the Thompson river, from Eagle Pass to Kamloops, but in southern 

 British Columbia, it is apparently not so common. Fannin and 

 Brooks report it common west of the Coast range in British Columbia, 

 while the writer and Mr. Spreadborough found it common on Van- 

 couver island. Turner and Nelson say that it is common in the 

 wooded parts of Alaska, straggUng northward into the tundra. 



Two small hawks, supposed to be this species, were seen at Skide- 

 gate. Queen Charlotte islands, July 12th, 1900. Mr. Keen reports 

 its occurrence at Massett. One specimen was seen in battle with a 

 pair of ravens at Malchatna river, Alaska. (Osgood.) Seen occa- 

 sionally in the timber belt at Homer, Alaska. (Figgins.) Sevfp-al 

 sharp-shinned hawks were seen about our winter quarters on the 

 Kowak, Kotzebue sound, Alaska, the last week in August. Noted 

 on several occasions on wooded mountain sides at Sitka, Alaska. 

 Noisy young were following their parents on August 5th, 1897. 

 (Grinnell.) 



Breeding Notes. — In the vicinity of Ottawa this species gener- 

 ally builds about the end of May or first of June in a hemlock tree, 

 about twenty feet from the ground. The nest is niade of dry sticks, 

 lined with some kind of bark and nearly resembles a crow's nest. 

 The eggs, four or five in number, are white with a sUght purplish 



