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Bonasa umbellus Ruffed Grouse 
Common breeder, but this year unusually scarce. Of the seven 
specimens taken none is markedly different from eastern B.u. togata. 
Lagopus sp. Ptarmigan 
Henderson says that he has “credible reports of white partridge ’ 1 
having been seen at Shoal lake, 25 miles north and also at lake Majeau. 
Of course, the species is doubtful, but L . lagopus seems the probability. 
Pedioecetes phasianellus Sharp-tailed Grouse 
Usually a common breeder, but like other grouse this year quite scarce. 
Zenaidura macroura Mourning Dove 
Reported by Henderson to be a very scarce summer resident, but he 
has never found the nest. The party neither saw nor heard them. 
Cathartes aura Turkey Vulture 
Henderson reports having seen one May 31, 1914, near Belvedere. 
Circus hudsonicus Marsh Hawk 
Common breeder. 
Accipiter velox Sharp-shinned Hawk 
A rather scarce breeder. Henderson has found occupied nests but 
twice. Quite common during autumn migration. 
Astur atricapillus Goshawk 
A fairly common breeder. All are undoubtedly A. a. atricapillus. 
Buteo borealis Red-tailed Hawk 
A regular and fairly common breeder. Four specimens taken May 26 
to July 20, certainly breeding stock, are almost typical B. b. borealis, 
carrying only a faint suggestion of calurus tendency in slight barring on 
tibial plumes and a faint suggestion of barring on tail. Henderson tells 
us that all the local Red-tails he has seen are practically like these and that 
the only ruddy or richly coloured bird he has seen in the breeding season 
had every indication of being an unattached non-breeder. However, 
beginning August 27 and almost daily throughout September, Laing and 
Harrold marked birds that they referred to harlani. They are both 
particularly familiar with this form of borealis and are undoubtedly correct 
in their identification, though they took no specimens. Henderson says 
that dark birds occur in autumn after most of the residents have departed. 
After a detailed study of the species, 1 the writer concludes that the resident 
bird here is nearly pure B. b. borealis and that calurus, harlani, and krideri 
can be expected as migrants. 
Buteo platypterus Broad-wingecl Hawk 
The commonest nesting hawk in the region, more numerous in the 
poplar" than the spruce sections. 
taverner, P. A.: “A Study of Buteo Borealis, the Red-tailed Hawk, and Its Varieties in 
Canada”; Viet. Mem. Mus.. Bull. No. 48. 
