182 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Jan. 



mon summer resident. It arrives in April, but usually diminishes 

 in numbers before the fall migration, when it again becomes more 

 numerous. Extreme dates: March 30th (1907) and September 

 21st (1904). A winter record is January 26th, 1890. 



PANDIONID^ OSPREYS. 



107. Pandion haliaeius carolinensis , Osprey. A moderately 

 common migrant and rare breeder. Its bulky nest may be seen 

 on a few of the lakes in the Gatineau district, where campers 

 may also see it perform its. fishing tactics. Dates: April 11th 

 (1908), to September 21st (1904): On May 3rd, 1908, Mr. E. 

 Bedard saw a regular flight of them on the Ottawa, no less than 

 eleven being in sight at one time. 



STRIGID^ HORNED OWLS, ETC. 



108. Asio wilsonianus , Long-eared Owl. A rare resident or 

 migrant. The latest dates of its capture are as follow^s: No- 

 vember 1st, 1901; October 28th, 1904; October 24th 1905; 

 November 4th, 1905. Two of these are in my collection. 



109. Asio fiammeus, Short-eared Owl. Also of uncertain 

 status. Dates of capture are: November 16th, 1894, on which 

 date Mr. G. R. White shot several in a swampy wood, and again 

 on the 6th of November, 1895; on October 20th, 1904, one was 

 taken by Mr. E. White, and on December 2nd, 1905, one by Mr. 

 E. Bedard. 



110. Sirix varia. Barred Owl. A rare resident, more com- 

 mon in the Gatineau district. For an account of a fight between 

 one of this species and a Goshawk see The Ottawa Naturalist, 

 vol. XXIV., p. 97. A female in my collection was taken on 

 November 24th, 1905. 



111. Scotiaptex nebulosa, Great Gray Owl. This large 

 northern species is an irregular accidental visitor here, becoming 

 rather common at times. In November, 1905, one was taken by 

 a farmer at South March; on February 1st, 1906, one near East 

 Templeton, now in my collection; on January 10th, 1907, Mr. 

 Henry got two to mount, which had been taken near the city a 

 day or two previously; on March 19th, 1908, Mr. E. Bedard shot 

 one on the Rifle Range. 



112. Cry ptoglatix funerea richardsorii, Kichavdson's Owl. A 

 rare accidental winter visitor from the far north. Late dates are: 

 December 15th, 1903; November 16th, 1906, and in February, 

 1907, Mr. E. Bedard shot one,which is now in the writer's collection, 

 on the Rifle Range. 



113. Cryptoglaux acadica, Saw-whet Owl. This diminutive 

 species is a moderately common resident. It lives in thickets 

 composed of spruce, cedar and alder, also in cemeteries and 



