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This species is recorded by Murraj^ from Severn House and Trout 

 Lake/* and an apparently immature specimen, collected at Fort 

 Churchill many years ago, is recorded hj Clarke.* 



Aq[uila chrysaetos (Linn.). Golden Eagle. 



We saw several of these birds as we were passing through Hell 

 Gate Gorge June 28, and noticed at least two of their nests on its 

 rocky walls. 



Edwards figured a specimen from Hudson Bay," and Linnteus based 

 his description of Falco canadensis on Edwards's figure. Sir John 

 Franklin, who passed through Hell Gate Gorge in October, 1819, 

 speaks of a nest of the brown fishing-eagle on one of the projecting 

 cliffs.'' 



Haliseetus leucocephalus (Linn.). Bald Eagle. 



We were informed that white-headed eagles were occasionally seen 

 near Fort Churchill and nested in the vicinity, and we obtained the 

 upper mandible of one that had been killed there. Mr. Campbell, of 

 Oxford House, reported having seen the species near Oxford Lake. 



Falco islandus Briinn. White Gyrfalcon. 



The residents of Fort Churchill spoke of a white hawk, probably 

 this species, which is sometimes seen there. 



Richardson described a mature bird from Hudson Bay;" Murray 

 recorded F. candicans from York Factory;" Kidgway described a 

 specimen from Moose Factory;-'' and a specimen collected by Dr. Rae 

 at Repulse Bay, is recorded in the British Museum Catalogue. 



Falco rusticolus gyrfalco (Linn.). Gyrfalcon. 



Forster described Falco sacer, probably identical with gyrfalco, from 

 a specimen taken at Severn River;'' Bell records a specimen (as Falco 

 sacer) from York Factor}^;'' and Clarke records two specimens from 

 Fort Churchill.* 



Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.). Duck Hawk. 



One was seen on the Barren Grounds below Cape Eskimo about 

 August 6. 



The species is recorded by Murray from Trout Lake and Severn 

 House,* and by Bell from York Factory,'' and also from Marble 



aEdin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 221, 1859. 



6 Auk, VII, p. 322, 1890. 



cNat. Hist., I, pi. 1, 1743. 



<i Franklin's Narrative of a Journey to the Polar Sea, p. 39, 1823. 



<; Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 28, 1831. 



/Land Birds of North America, III, p. 112, 1874. 



ffPhil. Trans., LXII, pp. 383, 423, 1772. 



ARept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1878-79, App. VI, p. 67c (1880). 



«Edin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 271, 1859. 



