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Whittle says: "A tail feather of the Red-tailed Hawk, young, was 

 found; therefore that species exists here." Palmer records that "two 

 were seen at the Mingan Islands." 



[Buteo platypterus (Vieill.). Broad-winged Hawk. — One was obtained 

 at Moose Factory in 1862, but there is no record for Labrador.] 



Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gmel.). 

 American Rough-legged Hawk. 



Very common summer resident. 



Macoun says this is the common hawk of Ungava and the barren- 

 grounds. It was observed by Spreadborough at the mouth of Great 

 Whale River. It breeds on the high cliffs from James Bay to Ungava 

 Bay and also on the east coast. Three incubated eggs were found 

 July 13th, and a nest with half-grown young at Seal Lake, Ungava, on 

 August 3d. Macoun also reports a set of eggs from Hamilton Inlet 

 on May 17th, and from Fort Chimo on June 20th. Bigelow found 

 it very common on the east coast where it nests on cliffs some distance 

 from the sea. Packard says that both light and dark phases breed 

 at Fort Chimo, and that it is more abundant on the east and north, 

 than on the south shores. Norton mentions two specimens brought 

 back by the Bowdoin college expedition from the south coast, one 

 from Chateau the other from Red Bay, taken in mid- July. Dr. H. R. 

 Storer records in his journal that on August 15, 1849, he found the 

 nest and young of this species at Red Bay. On August 16th he found 

 a nest, egg, and fledged young at Bras d'Or. The account of this last 

 nest is given in detail by Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway ('74, vol. 3, p. 

 309). 



We saw one of these birds at Long Tickle on July 20th, one at 

 Pack's Harbor on July 24th, one at Great Caribou Island on July 

 27th, and one near Battle Island on August 1st. They were all in 

 the black plumage. We also obtained the skin of one from the Eski- 

 mos at Hopedale. This was very black including the rump, which 

 was no lighter than the rest of the back. The bird seen at Pack's 

 Harbor poised motionless for several minutes about a hundred feet 

 above a high hill over which a strong wind was sweeping. He was 

 suspended like a kite in the strong air currents, heading into the wind. 



