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52°. It is found northward 'to the coast of -the Arctic Sea, and 

 probably in the most northern Georgian Islands ; it is a •well- 

 known inhabitant of 'Iceland andCa^ptaiin Sabine observed 'it on 

 the 'West coast of Greenland, as high as Lat. 74°. '.{Richardson.) 

 During my residence in the north 'I secured only a single 

 specimen of this bird, an Eskimo skin taken at 'Cape Darby on 

 the Alaskan shore of vBehring Strait. (Afe/son.) A single specimen 

 of this species was killed at St. Michael, 1:5th May, 1877. It is 

 not a common bird in fchis vicinity, andoftenerseenin spring than 

 at other seasons. ){Tumer.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three fine specimens, all procured at <Fort Churchill, Hudson 

 Bay, by Dr. R. Bell. 



354. Gray Gyrfalcon. 



Falco msHcdlus Linn. 17-58. 



The darker form of Great Northern Falcon, by some held to be 

 distinct bdth from F. islandus and F. gyrfalco. The northern 

 limits of its breeding range have not yet been determined. A 

 young male failcon killed 24th September, 1872, on the Fiskenses, 

 referred by Dr. Finsch to F. gyrfalco probably belonged to this 

 form. {Ardt.Man) Common in north Greenland. {Herluf'Winge.) 

 Winter specimens only obtained at Fort Chimo. Not known to 

 breed in the Ungava District. {Packard) Common resident in 

 ■Greenland and breeding at Ivigtut. {Hagerup.) Probably 

 occurs in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) 



Casual. One specimen of this species was shot by Mr. E. White 

 on the baitks of the Rideau, below Cummings' Bridge, Ottawa, on 

 3rd December, ,1890 ; another was shot by G. R. White some years, 

 before. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Since the year 1885, I 

 have received over 30 sets of the eggs of this fine bird from Ice- 

 land. It lays from 3 to 4 handsome eggs, making a slight nest on 

 ledges of the sea cliff. {W. Raiite.) 



354a. Gyrfalcon. 



Faleorusticoltcs gyrfalco ('Linn.) Stejn. 1885. 

 There is no doubt but that this form was included in F.islandus 

 by Sir 'John Richardson as he found 'the birds nesting not far from 

 where Macfarlane found this species 40 years later. 



