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Catalogue of British Columbia Birds by Francis Kermode
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Common throughout the Province. I found it very common at Skidegate,
Queen Charlotte Islands, in August, 1895.

BUTEO Cuvier.

156. WESTERN RED-TAILED HAWK.

_Buteo borealis calurus_ (Cass.).

An abundant resident on Vancouver Island and coast of Mainland. Taken
at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. (_Brooks_.) Rare at Massett, Queen
Charlotte Islands. (_Rev. J. H. Keen_.)

157. RED-BELLIED HAWK.

_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.

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