CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN . BIRDS. 257 



led him to institute a search which soon resulted in finding that 

 the eggs must have been removed by the parent birds to the face 

 of a muddy bank at least forty yards distant from the original 

 nest. A few decayed leaves had been placed under them, but 

 nothing else in the way of lining. A third egg had been added 

 in the interim. There can hardly be any doubt of the truth of 

 the foregoing facts. {Macfarla?ie.) 



I have sets of eggs taken in Muskoka and southern Labrador, also 

 others from northern Manitoba and northern Assiniboia. One of 

 the sets was taken at Lake St. Joseph, Muskoka, Ontario, by 

 J. D. McMurrick. The nest was built in a tall pine and contained 

 four handsome eggs. {W. Raine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Four ; one taken at Ottawa, Ont., by G. R. White, and one 

 taken at Toronto by S. Herring. Two others were taken by W. 

 Spreadborough, one at Edmonton, Alta., May 6th, 1897, ^^^ o^e 

 at Huntington, B.C., October loth, 1891. 



One set of four eggs taken in Muskoka, Ont., May 24th, 1890. 

 Received from W. Raine. 



35 7«. Black Merlin. 



Falco columbarius suckleyi Ridgw. 1873. 



A common summer resident along the coast of British Colum- 

 bia. Abundant on Vancouver Island. (Fanning Resident in 

 the Lower Fraser valley ; commoner than the pigeon hawk. 

 {Brooks^ One seen at Sooke, Vancouver Island, August, 1893. 

 (Spreadborough)) Examples seen on the coast should be classed 

 under this name; though Mr. Fannin has both forms west of the 

 Coast Range. A specimen from Victoria is in the collection, 

 (Rhoads!) 



358. Richardson's Merlin. 



Falco richardsonii Ridgw. 1870. 



One specimen, the only individual of this species observed, 

 was taken on the headwaters of the Mouse (Souris) River (near 

 the International Boundary Lat. 49°), 8th September, 1873. 

 (Coues.) One specimen was shot by the writer at " the elbow " of 

 the South Saskatchewan, Assa., 9th September, 1880. 



