108 ORTH AMEKICAN FAUNA. [No. 22, 



Island, where an adult and two young birds were killed September l.** 

 An adult male collected at Fort Churchill many years ago is recorded 

 hj Clarke.* The catalogue of birds in the U. S. National Museum 

 collection contains the record of a specimen taken at Moose Factory in 



ISsl. 



Falco columbarius Linn. Pigeon Hawk. 



iV pigeon hawk which was moulting from the brownish jDlumage to 

 that of the more mature bird was shot at a portage on Hill River 

 July T. From its actions and those of its mate, which was seen with 

 food in its talons, it was probably nesting in the vicinity, but a care- 

 ful search failed to> locate the nest. Another bird was taken at Fort 

 Churchill July 2.5, and on our return trip we saw one on Hill River 

 September 1, and one at Oxford House September 10. 



Richardson described a specimen shot at York Factor}- September 

 4, lS22;c Forster recorded the species from Severn River;*^ Baird from 

 Nelson River ;** and Bell from between Norway House and Fort 

 Churchill. / 



Falco richardsoni Ridgw. Richardson Merlin. 



Nutting records this species from Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan, 

 where a male was secured in the summer of 1891.'' 



Palco sparverius Linn. Sparrow Hawk. 



We saw one while descending Red River June 14, one at Sea Falls, 

 20 miles north of Norway House, June 23, and several while ascending 

 Hayes and Steel rivers August 30 to September 1. On September 15 

 we again noted the species at Sea Falls. 



Baird recorded a specimen from Nelson River;' Bell reported the 

 species at York Factory;-^ and-Mearns lists a specimen from Moose 

 Factory.* 



Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.). Osprey. 



At Robinson Portage June 26 we saw a pair, and on the shore of- 

 Win'dy Lake, June 29, another that had a nest containing good-sized 

 young. While returning we saw one bird at York Factory August 

 27, one on Hill River September 4, one on Trout River September 9, 

 and a number about Windy Lake September 12. 



Bell reported several nesting along the Churchill and Grass rivers.-'' 



"Rept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1882-3-1, App. Ill, p. 54DD (1885). 

 6 Auk, VII, p. 322, 1890. 

 <; Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 361, 1831. 

 c^Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 382, 1772. 

 «i>irds of North America, p. 10, 1858. 



/Kept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1878-79, App. YI, p. 67c (1880). 

 ffNat. Hist. Bull. Univ. Iowa, II, p. 269, 1893. 

 ''Auk, IX, p. 262, 1892. 



