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Catalogue of British Columbia Birds by Francis Kermode
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_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.

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