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in woodlands in Manitoba, nesting on the ground or in old crow's 

 nests. (Criddle.) May 20th, 1881, found a nest in a clump of 

 willows about 20 miles west of Winnipeg, Man. ; nest, a small bundle 

 of sticks lined with the inner bark of the willow, about eight feet 

 from the ground; eggs, three. Found a nest not quite finished at 

 Medicine Hat in the spring of 1894 in a Manitoba maple; nest about 

 the same height from the ground as the first. Saw another nest 

 at Edmonton in the spring of. 1897 in a black spruce tree; all the 

 nests were alike, composed of sticks and lined with dry grass, and 

 near water. The long-eared owl feeds upon mice and small birds, 

 also upon insects ; I have found a number in their stomachs. (Spread- 

 borough.) On May 22nd, 1893, I found a nest at Oak lake, Man. 

 that was only five feet from the ground; it contained five eggs. 

 This bird is an early breeder and usually has fresh eggs by the end 

 of April or early in May, but the next species — the short-eared 

 owl— is a late breeder and seldom has eggs before June. (W. Raine.) 

 During the last few years the long-eared owl has been found by Mr. 

 E. Beaupre breeding in the neighbourhood of Cataraqui marsh, 

 near Kingston, Ont., in April, laying its eggs in an unused crow's 

 nest located in a pine tree. {Rev. C. J. Young.) 



367. Short-eared Owl. 



Asio accipitrinus (Pall.) Newt. 1872. 



A scarce species in Greenland, but perhaps breeds there, though 

 not further to the south than lat. 65°. Its northern range alto- 

 gether unknown, but it has been shot on the Green island in Disco 

 bay, lat. 68° 50'. {Arct. Man.) Rather common and quite gener- 

 ally distributed throughout the region west of Hudson bay. {Preble.) 

 Fort Churchill, Hudson bay. {Clarke.) Fort Churchill and York 

 Factory, Hudson bay. {Dr. R. Bell.) Very abundant on both 

 shores of James bay in 1904. {Spreadborough.) This species is a 

 summer resident at Fort Chimo, Labrador; specimens obtained in 

 Davis inlet ; plentiful on the east shore of Hudson bay. Not known 

 to winter in the Ungava district. {Packard.) Rather common at 

 Port Manvers and Nachvak, Labrador, in September. {Bigelow.) 

 A summer resident but not common in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) 

 Not common in Nova Scotia, but breeds there. {Downs.) Summer 

 resident in Nova Scotia but more common during migrations. Some- 

 times remains all winter. {H. F. Tufts.) Rare at St. John,New 



