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Canada where its prey is said to consist chiefly of ptarmigan. 

 The allied F. tusticolus or probably F. islandus breeds in small 

 numbers in the same region, as the indians often spoke of a large 

 hawk, twice observed by myself, which had successfully eluded 

 all attempts to capture itself or its eggs. (Macfarlane.) 



3546. Black Gyrfalcon. 



Falco rusticolus obsoletus (Gmel.) Stejn. 1885. 



Abundant at Fort Chimo, Ungava Bay. Eggs obtained 24th 

 May. Very rare in winter. {Packard^ Rare at Port Manvers, 

 Labrador ; one taken 1901. {Bigelow) One specimen was taken 

 at Long Island, King's Co., N.S., Jan. 8th, 1898. {H. Tufts.) A 

 number of individuals of this species have been taken at Godbout, 

 on the Lower St. Lawrence, by Mr. Comeau, and I have known 

 two individuals to be taken at Quebec. (Dionne.) This species 

 was common in the river below Fort Chimo, Ungava B .y, Sep- 

 tember i8th, 1896. (Spreadborough?) I have a specimen taken on 

 the St. Clair Flats, Ont., some years ago. (/. H. Fleming^ 

 Thompson-Seton, in his " Birds of Manitoba," doubtfully refers 

 this bird to that province as a winter visitor. Later, in The 

 Auk., Vol. X, p. 49, he says : " Since I wrote the ' Birds of Mani- 

 toba,' two fine specimens have been taken, and are now in the 

 Manitoba Museum." In the opinion of the writer his quotations 

 from Hearne and Hutchins refer to the preceding subspecies and 

 not to this one. 



For the nesting of this bird see Bendire's" Life Histories of 

 North American Birds," Vol. I, p. 286. 



In 1896 Mr. John Burton, of Hamilton, presented me with a 

 skin of this bird which he obtained at Long Point, Lake Erie, in 

 the fall of 1893. This is the only record of this bird occurring in 

 Ontario. Mr. Mcllwraith, of Hamilton, in his work, " Birds of 

 Ontario," has no record of this bird, although at the time he 

 wrote his book there was the above skin at the home of Mr. 

 Burton in Hamilton. This skin is now in the possession of Mr. 

 Fleming, of Toronto, whose collection is rich in rare Ontario 

 birds. {W. RaiTie.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



One set of three eggs taken at Fort Chimo, Ungava, June, 

 1897, by G. Bouchier. 



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