CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN- BIROS. 24.I 



May 17th, L897,„also sets taken by Mr. Stringer at Mackenzie Bay, 

 Arctic America. (W, Raine.)) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three ; one puTchased with the Holman collection in 1885 ; 

 two takew near Toronto, Ont., by S. Herring. 



A set of three eggs taken at the mouth of Whale River, Hudson 

 Bay, Ungava,by W. Spreadborough, July 13th, 1896. Three other 

 sets of three and' one of two taken at Fort Chimo, Ungava, June 

 20th, 1896, by Mr. G. Bouchier. One nest found on Artillery 

 Lake, north of Great Slave Lake, by Bishop Lofthouse, on June 

 4th, 1900, contained three eggs. 



-348. Ferruginous Hough-legged Hawk. 



Archibuteo ferrugineus (Licht.) Gratj. 1849. 



Apparently rare in Manitoba as Thompson-Seton does not 

 record it in his- " Birds of Manitoba." In The Auk^ Vol. X, 49, how- 

 ever, he states that a fine specimen of this bird is now in the Mani- 

 toba Museum, taken by Mr. Hine. Dr. Coues found it breeding 

 in the Pembina Mountains on the International Boundary in 

 July, 1873. 



This is not a rare species in the prairie region. In 1895 the 

 writer found it at Old Wives' Creek, Assa. Two nests were taken 

 at this point on 27th May, eggs in one just hatched. The species 

 was seen at Wood Mountain and everywhere on the prairie west 

 to the Cypress Hills and south to Milk River. It was common in 

 the West Butte: and along ' St. Mary River north of the 49th 

 parallel. It seems to be purely a prairie species, not being 

 recorded from the Saskatchewan. 



Breeding Notes. — A pair was seen at Indian Head, Assa., on 

 1st May, 1892. On i6th I shot a fine female that had a nest in a 

 dead poplar about 12 feet from the ground. The nest was made 

 of sticks and lined with dry grass and contained five eggs. 

 Another nest in live poplar had the same number of eggs and 

 was lined wiith the inner bark of dead poplar. This bird was 

 tolerably common all summer. In May and June, 1894, a number 

 of nests were fouad in box elder (Negundo aceroides) at Medicine 

 Hat, Crane Lake, and along Skull Creek, and in the Cypress Hills. 

 In the summer of 1895, they were found breeding in the same 



