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he level top t4iere'was an inner ne^t about 16 inches across with a 

 slight depression in 'the centre where the two eggs lay. The inner 

 nest was almost entirely composed of moss. '(JW. Harvey!) 



HusEUM specimens- 

 Two mature birds. .One set of eggs taken at Sheet Harbour near 

 Halifax, Nova Sco^tia, and another set ,of two taken on an island 

 in the Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, by W. Harvey. 



CXXVHI. PALCO LiNN^us. 175.8. 

 353. White Gijg^falcon. 



Fdlco islandus Brunn. 1764. 



.Common in Greenland. (Herlv^f Winge^ Jn summer more 

 common in the northern inspeetotate of Greenland than in the 

 so.uthern, but occuring according.to Dr, Finsch also on the eastern 

 coast. The limits of .itis breeding-range in either direction have 

 not been determined {Arctic Manual^ Commoji at Ivigtut. 

 {Hagert^p.) Taken at McCormack ,Bay, and at .Disco Island, 

 Greenland, by the P,eary and Relief expeditions. {Wi(ftt^ .Stone.) 

 Common at Fort Chimo and east coast of Labrador. Resident in 

 northern portions, breeds at Fort Chimo. (Packard^ Pretty 

 regular in its fall migrations but does not breed in Newfoundland. 

 {Reeks.) A casual visitor to Nova Scotia. {Downs.) Occasionally 

 seen in New Brunswick. {Chamberlain.) Two specimens killed 

 at Port Burwell, Hudson Straiit, July, 1884. {Dr. R. Bell.) A very 

 fine male of this species was shot at Point des Monts, eastern 

 Quebec, and another seen in the spring of 1885 by Mr. N. A. 

 Comeau. {The Auk, Vol. H, 315-) We have received a specimen 

 of this species from Ungava Bay, Ungava District, shot by Mr. 

 Thomas Mackenzie in 1890. {J. A. H. Brown [n The Auk, Vol. 

 Vni, 236.) 



" Accidental visitant ;" rare at Montreal. Mr. Kuetzing says 

 he has purchased four examples of this species in th« Bonsecours 

 market. I have-not heard of anygyrfalcons occurring here in recent 

 years. {Wintle.) A -very -rare visitor at Ottawa, 'Ont. ; one fine 

 specimen tdken. '{G.R.White.) The gyrfalcon is a constant resident 

 inthe Hudson Bay territories, where itis known by the name of the 

 "'Speckled Partridge Hawk " or by that of the " Winterer!" I 

 have ascertained that it is occa^iondlly seen as far south as Lat. 



