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I have examined about a dozen nests of this bird in northern 

 Saskatchewan. It is an early breeder, lajdng its eggs early in May, 

 and building a very large nest in the highest trees it can find. It 

 lays from three to five handsomely marked eggs. Most of the 

 nests I have examined contained dead gophers, proving that this 

 is another useful hawk to the farmer. (W. Raine.) 



This species builds a very large nest and seems to prefer the old 

 one to a new structure. All the nests seen were composed of large 

 sticks for the body of the nest, then the droppings of horses and 

 cattle to consolidate the margins, and lastly lined inside with the 

 inner bark of dead box elder and poplar. Two nests were taken on 

 27th May, 1895, each had three eggs originally, but in one the young 

 were just hatched. Each nest was in the fork of a box elder about 

 ten feet from the ground. 



CXLVIII. AQUILA Brisson. 1760. 



349. Golden Eagle. 



Aquila chrysaetos (Linn.) Sprungli. 1776. 



Specimens procured in the Ungava district. Breeds in the north- 

 east portions among the hills. A pair also breed at the "Forks" 

 in the Ungava district. {Packard.) Saw what I took to be an 

 example of this species near the "Forks" above Ungava. While at 

 Fort Chimo, September, 1896, saw the skin of one that the Indians 

 had shot a few days before on the river. (Spreadborough.) I ex- 

 amined a live specimen in young plumage, captured June 23rd, 1892, 

 near New London, Prince Edward island. After visiting the locality 

 I am inclined to doubt whether the bird was bred on the island. 

 (Dwight.) Not a common bird in Nova Scotia, but breeds there 

 and resides throughout the year. (Gilpin.) Rare at Wolfville, N.S. 

 (if. F. Tufts.) Only one specimen known to have been taken in 

 New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Taken at Beauport; a summer 

 resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) "Transient visitant" at Montreal; 

 rare. Saw a fine specimen of this eagle in the Bonsecours market in 

 the month of May, 1891. It was evidently shot near Montreal. 

 (Wintle.) A bird of the year of this species was given to me, which 

 had been caught in a trap near High Falls, Que., forty miles northeast 

 of Ottawa. It measured seventy-seven inches from tip to tip. 

 (Rev. G. Eifrig.) 



