_Buteo lineatus elegans_ (Cass.). Not common. I have no record of it on Vancouver Island. It has been taken at Burrard Inlet by J. Fannin, and at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks. 158. SWAINSON'S HAWK. _Buteo swainsoni_ (Bonap.). Not common on Vancouver Island; it has been taken at Victoria and Union. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. ARCHIBUTEO Brehm. 159. AMERICAN ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. _Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis_ (Gmel.). Not common. Found on both Vancouver Island and Mainland. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. AQUILA Brisson. 160. GOLDEN EAGLE. _Aquila chrysaetos_ (Linn.). Found throughout the entire Province. Rare on Vancouver Island. A resident. HALIÆETUS Savigny. 161. BALD EAGLE. _Haliæetus leucocephalus alascanus_ (C. H. Townsend). An abundant resident throughout the entire Province, on Island and Mainland. Breeds throughout its range. Common on Queen Charlotte Islands. FALCO Linnæus. 162. GYRFALCON. _Falco rusticolus gyrfalco_ (Linn.). One specimen shot at Comox, October, 1894, by W. Harvey. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. 163. PRAIRIE FALCON. _Falco mexicanus _(Schleg.). Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks, and at Kamloops, November, 1894, by W. Fortune. 164. DUCK HAWK. _Falco peregrinus anatum_ (Bonap.). Apparently more common on the Mainland than Vancouver Island. Several have been taken in the Okanagan Country. 165. PEALE'S FALCON. _Falco peregrinus pealei_ (Ridgw.). Found chiefly along the coasts of Mainland and Vancouver Island. Several specimens have been taken at Cadbora Bay, near Victoria. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. Rare at Metlakatla. (_Rev. J. H. Keen_.) 166. PIGEON HAWK. _Falco columbarius_ (Linn.). Apparently more common east of the Coast Range. A few have been taken on the Coast. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 167. BLACK MERLIN. _Falco columbarius suckleyi_ (Ridgw.). Abundant; summer resident on Vancouver Island and portions of Mainland. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 168. RICHARDSON'S MERLIN. _Falco richardsonii_ (Ridgw.). Not common on Vancouver Island; a few specimens have been taken near Victoria. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 169. DESERT SPARROW HAWK. _Falco spaverius phaloena_ (Lesson). Abundant throughout the southern portion of Mainland, including Vancouver Island, from the coast to Rocky Mountains. PANDION Savigny. 170. AMERICAN OSPREY. FISH HAWK. _Pandion halioetus carolinensis_ (Gmel.). Common throughout the Province, on Mainland and Island, including Queen Charlotte Islands. Their nest is a huge heap of sticks, usually on the broken top of a tree. Family BUBONIDÆ. Horned Owls, etc. ASIO Brisson. 171. AMERICAN LONG-EARED OWL. _Asio wilsonianus_ (Less.). Not common; a few have been taken on Vancouver Island. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 172. SHORT-EARED OWL. _Asio accipitrinus_ (Pall.).