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MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Six ; one taken at Britannia Bay, six miles from Ottawa, Oct. 

 lOth, 1887, by Mr. G. R. White; one purchased with the Holman 

 collection, and four others taken at Indian Head, Assa., at 

 Medicine Hat, Assa., at Edmonton, Alta., and one at Chilliwack, 

 B.C., September 19th, 1901, by W. Spreadborough. 



One set of six eggs taken near Edmonton, Alta., June 2nd, 1897 ; 

 nest on the ground made of grass and weed?. Another set of 

 four eggs taken May 27th, 1894. Both taken by W. Spreadborough. 



CXXni. ACCIPITER Brisson. 1760. 



332. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Accipiter velox (Wils.) Vigors. 1824. 



This is one of the commonest hawks we have in the greater 

 part of the Dominion. 



Spreadborough saw only one, when exploring, in northern 

 Labrador, July 8th, 1896. Richardson records the taking of one 

 at Moose Factory on James Bay, and these two records cover 

 our knowledge of its occurrence in the Hudson Bay region. 

 Reeks records it as a common summer resident in Newfoundland, 

 the writer found it common on Prince Edward Island, Downs 

 says 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. 

 Thompson-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 sate 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 valley of 

 the Thompson River from Eagle Pass to Kamloops. Fannin and 

 Brooks report it common west of the coast range in British Col- 

 umbia, while the writer and Mr. Spreadborough found it common 

 on Vancouver Island. Turner and Nelson say that it is common in 

 the wooded parts of Alaska, straggling northward into the tundra. 



Several sharp-shinned hawks were seen about our winter 

 quarters on. the Kowak, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, the last 

 week in August. {Grinfiell) 



