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Mackenzie Valley to the Arctic coast. (J?«J.)' Throughout a 

 large portion of Alaska, especially that part which is more or less 

 heavily wooded and interspersed with mountains, the golden 

 eagle is found. The Point Barrow party secured a single speci- 

 men taken by the natives east of Colville River. It extends its 

 ■ range west along the Aleutian chain, haviwg been obtained by 

 Dall on Uhga Island, who ^mentions it as a common resident on 

 the Aleutian chain as far west as Unal'aska. (Nekon.) 



The golden eagje is not rare in the vicinity of St. Michael. It 

 is more (frequently seen further north in the vicinity of Norton 

 Bay, and in the hills back of Pastolik than on St. Michael Island. 

 On the Aleutian^ Islands it is quite a common bird. At Unalaska 

 they are fully as common as the bald eagle, and are reported to 

 breed in March on the high bluffs on Makushin Point.. {Turner.) 

 The jwhole of British Columbia, but chiefly east of the Coast 

 .Range, where it is a resident ; rarely west to Vancouver Island. 

 {Fannin.) Resident but not common in the Lower Fraser valley. 

 Not common in winter in the Cariboo district, B. C. ; also in 

 the winter at Lake Okanagan, B.C. {Brooks.) Rare in British 

 Columbia. A few specimens seen around the higher mountains 

 at Ducks and Kamloops. {Streator.) Seen two or three times on 

 the interior mountains. As rare in British Columbia as on the 

 Atlantic seaboard. {Rkoads.) 



Breeding Notes. — From various points along the valley of 

 Anderson River Lat. 68°— 69° 30? to its outlet in Liverpool Bay and 

 from the mouth of the Wilmot Horton in Franklin Bay, an aggre- 

 gate of twelve nests of this eagle was obtained by us in the course 

 of the seasons from 1862 to 1865, inclusive. Ten of this number 

 were built against the face of steep and almost inaccessible 

 banks of shal« or earth at a height of 70 to 80 feet, and from 20 to 

 30 feet below the sumim-it. One thus exaimjned, ini 1864. was found, 

 to be of considerable size ; it was composed of a large platform 

 of built-up twigs and sticks, having a bed of hay, moss, and 

 feathers in the centre, andyas this and other similarly constructed 

 nests appeared to be annually renovated prior to reoccupation, 

 they must ultimately assume vast proportions. Pillaged nests arei 

 however, frequently deserted for a period, but in one instance 

 where the female had been snared upon her nest and the eggs 

 taken it was found occupied the following season probably by the 

 widowed male and another mate. In two instances only were the 



