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about every hut_, where they pick up scraps of meat and fish 
from the stages. They are very tame and fearless^ approach¬ 
ing either man or dog with the greatest confidence. 
The short unpretending cry of this bird, and more noisy 
twittering of the Tit, are the only sounds that break the 
dreary silence of the woods in winter. The Three-toed Wood¬ 
pecker {Picus tridactylus) also inhabits this district through¬ 
out the winter. 
^ Short-eared Owl. O tus hr achyotus, 
Muug-ar-ko-jee-wuky Eski. 
[Br achy otus cassini, Dali & Bann. p. 273.] 
This bird arrived in the middle of May, and was frequently 
met with during the following month, in pairs and scattered 
individuals, about the marshes, where they were preying upon 
the small Tringce and Lapland Buntings. 
Harrier. Circus -? 
CMk-kdr-be-ah, Eski. 
[Doubtless C. hudsonicus, see Dali & Bann. p. 272.] 
Several mutilated specimens of a small Hawk were met 
with amongst the natives, and which, from the length of the 
tarsus, and the ruffled feathers around the head, were evi¬ 
dently of this genus. 
They do not breed in this neighbourhood, but arrive in 
s6me numbers in the month of August, wlien they are often 
caught in a noose set upon the top of a post. They are not 
seen here in spring. 
4^ The Bough-legged Buzzard. Buteo lagopus. 
Futtooukj Eski. of Norton Island. 
\_Archibuteo lagopus, Dali & Bann. p. 272.] 
One specimen only of this bird occurred, which was killed 
by a native whilst preying upon the carcass of a deer. They 
are said to be rarely met with, and in the autumn only. 
Snow-Goose. Anser hyperboreus. 
Hung-ook, Eski. 
\_Anser hyperboreus, Dali & Bann. p. 274.] 
The first of the Snow-Geese arrived on the 9th of May ; 
