Catalogue of British Columbia Birds by Francis Kermode
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page 51 of 124 (41%)
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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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