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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[NO. 27. 



at Fort Norman, I saw a pair and collected the male. Another bird 

 was seen near the same place June 14. During my return trip single 

 birds were observed near Little Bed River, August 9; near Fort 

 McMurray, August 10; and above Little Buffalo Eiver, August 21. 

 It was noted also below Athabaska Landing, September 1, and near 

 Lily Lake, September 3. 



Richardson noted the marsh hawk as being found on Great Bear 

 Lake.'^ Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway state that it was found breed- 

 ing at Fort Resolution, Fort Rae, Fort Simpson, La Pierre House, 

 and on lower Anderson River.^ Concerning the latter record Mac- 

 Farlane says: 



In June, 1865, an Esquimau snared a female bird on her nest on a willow 

 bush along the lower Anderson River. It contained five eggs. In June, 1866, a 

 nest composed of twigs and grasses, etc., was found in a similar position ; there 

 were six eggs, but they were unfortunately among those lost that season.^ 



Bendire records an egg from this locality, probably one of the 

 first set mentioned, stating that it is the largest specimen in the series 

 examined."^ Besides specimens from the localities mentioned by 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, the bird catalogue of the J^ational 

 Museum shows that skins were received from Fort Good Hope and 

 Fort Halkett ; and an adult from the latter locality, taken by Lock- 

 hart in May, 1863, is still in the collection. Russell records one taken 

 near Fort Rae, August 22, 1893.^ Macoun records eggs taken by 

 Spreadborough at Edmonton, Alberta, June 2, 1897.^ 



J. Alden Loring reported the species common at Edmonton, Sep- 

 tember 7 to 26, 1894, and along the trail between Jasj^er House and 

 Smoln^ River in the early autumn of 1896. 



Accipiter velox (Wils.). Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



In 1901 this species was first met with at our camp on Slave River, 

 10 miles below the Peace, where one was seen June 9, and where a 

 specimen, perhaps the same individual, was taken the next day. 

 Single birds were afterwards seen on Slave River, at points 25 miles 

 below the Peace June 12, and 100 miles below Fort Smith July 2. 

 On our return trip one was seen on Smith Portage August 5, and 

 several on the Athabaska, between Grand Rapid and Athabaska 

 Landing, August 22 to 29. 



In 1903 we 'first noted the sharp-shinned hawk at Edmonton May 

 10. We saw several between Athabaska Landing and Pelican Rapid 

 May 17 and 18, and next noted it on Slave River. 100 miles below 



« Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 57, 1831. 



* Hist. N. A. Birds, Land Birds, III, p. 220, 1874. 



^ Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, p. 432, 1891. 



<^Life Hist. X. A. Birds [I], p. 186, 1892. 



^' Expl. in Far Xorth, p. 261, 1898. 



f Cat. Canadian Birds, Part II, p, 224, 1903. 



