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Fort Smith. June 17. On tlieir return trip my brother and Gary 

 noted one near Boiler Eapid August 17, and another at Athabaska 

 Landing September 5. A pair with their nest, which contained 

 young about to fly. was seen by myself in an open forest of pine and 

 spruce on upper Grandin River, a short distance south of Lake 

 Mazenod, August 5. The species was seen also on a small lake 

 north of Lake Hardisty August 19. 



In the spring of 1901, I first observed this bird at Fort Simpson 

 May 20. taking a male specimen. Other individuals were noted on 

 May 28 and 30. TTliile descending the Mackenzie, I saw one below 

 the site of old Fort Good Hope June 28. During ni}- return trip I 

 noted it at Fort McMurray August 12, near Mountain Rapid August 

 15. and near Grand Rapid August 22. 



Ross listed this species as occurring north to Fort Simpson, where 

 he collected it ; Ridgway recorded specimens from Fort Rae, Fort 

 Simpson, La Pierre House, and Fort Resolution, the latter locality 

 represented by a sj^ecimen taken April 26 [1860], by Kennicott.^ 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway state that it was found breeding on the 

 upper Slave River hy Ross, and at Fort Resolution by Kennicott ; ^ 

 eggs taken at Fort Resolution June 16, 1860, by the last-named nat- 

 uralist, are recorded by Bendire.^ Russell took a specimen at Fort 

 Rae August 17, 1893.^ ^ 



Accipiter cooperi (Bonap.). Cooper Hawk. 



AMiile we were ascending the Athabaska in the autumn of 1901, one 

 was seen at close range and satisfactorily identified near the mouth 

 of La Biche River, August 27. This is apparently the only record 

 for this region. 



Astur atricapillus (Wils.). Goshawk. 



This beautiful hawk breeds throughout the wooded parts of the 

 region, and to some extent is migratory. A fine male was taken in 

 a trap June 8. 1901, at our camp on Slave River 10 miles below the 

 Peace. "Wliile we were on our way to Great Slave Lake, another was 

 seen 150 miles below Fort Smith. He was feeding on a full-grown 

 varying hare, and on our approach flew away with his quarry. 



Alfred E. Preble and Merritt Gary, during their return journey 

 in the autumn of 1903, noted single birds at Swift Gurrent Rapid 

 August 27, La Biche River August 28, and Athabaska Landing 

 September 5 and 12. They saw several also between Athabaska 



"Nat. Hist. Rev., II (second ser.), p. 276, 1862. 



^BiiU. 2, U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., II, pp. 114, 115, 1876. 



^ Hist. N. A. Birds, Land Birds, III, p. 229, 1874. 



•^Life Hist. X. A. Birds [II, p. 187, 1892. 



^Expl. in Far North, p. 261, 1898, 



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