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cease to do so as the larger timber is rapidly being cleared away. 

 It seems to affect woods where beech and black birch are plenti- 

 ful, not far, however, from a growth of evergreens. {Rev. C.J. 

 Young.) 



This bird is generally distributed in the forest country north 

 of the prairie. Richardson records it from Jasper House in the 

 Rocky Mountains and describes one shot from the nest on the 

 Saskatchewan, May 8th, 1827. He also speaks of another taken 

 at York Factory, Hudson Bay, Aug. 14th, 1822. Apparently it 

 has the same range yet. {Macoun.) This species is confidently 

 believed to breed, in small numbers however, between Fort Good 

 Hope and the Anderson, Mackenzie District. {Macfarlane.) 



I have eggs from Oak Lake and Crescent Lake in Assiniboia 

 and also sets from Alberta. I have a set of two eggs that was 

 taken by Mr. Wenman at Stedman's River, Alberta, the female 

 was shot and is now in my collection. I have another set of three 

 eggs cojlected by Dr. George in northern Alberta, May loth, 1894. 

 The female of this nest was also shot by Mr. Wenman. Dr. 

 George also took a clutch of four eggs out of this same wood in 

 May, 1893. It makes a large nest of sticks, weeds and roots and 

 builds in the highest tree tops. The American Goshawk is a 

 rare summer resident in northern Manitoba, but is more plentiful 

 in northern Assiniboia and Alberta. The eggs are bluish white, 

 unmarked, although they are sometimes nest-stained. (W. Raine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two ; one purchased with the Holman collection, and the 

 other taken at Toronto, Ont., in 1885 by Samuel Herring. 



A set of two eggs taken at Great Whale River, Hudson Bay, 

 June i8th, 1896, by W. Spreadborough. Nest built on top of a 

 large tamarac, which was nearly two feet across. It was made 

 of tamarac branches and lined with a couple of green spruce 

 branches and a few ptarmigan feathers. A nest taken at Fort 

 Saskatchewan, Alta., contained three eggs. Nest in spruce tree 

 about fifteen feet from the ground ; it was built of sticks and 

 lined with weeds. 



334a. Western Goshawk. 



Accipiter atricapillus striatulus Ridgw. 1885. 



Tolerably common throughout British Columbia. More abun- 

 dant west of the Coast Range. (Fawning One seen at Sooke, 



