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and northward. It breeds at the mouth of the Mackenzie river, 

 arctic America, making a nest of sticks and weeds in the highest 

 spruce trees it can find. (W. Raine.) 



2,10a. Lapp Owl. 



Scotiaptex nebulosa lapponica A. O. U. Committee, 1903. 



A single specimen of this species was taken in the Yukon delta 

 on April 15th, 1876, and sent to me. It is said to be quite rare. 



{Turner.) 



CLVII. CRYPTOGLAUX Richmond. 1901. 

 371- Richardson Owl. 



Cryptoglaux tengmahni richardsoni (Bonap.) Richmond. 1901. 



Recorded from Repulse bay and York Factory. It probably 

 occurs throughout the Hudson bay region. {Preble.) A possible 

 resident of Newfoundland, but I have not seen it. {Reeks.) Rare 

 winter visitor in Nova Scotia. {Downs; Gilpin; Tufts.) Oc- 

 casionally met with at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) One taken 

 at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B., in winter. {W. H. Moore.) 

 Taken at Beauport; winter resident in Quebec. {Dionne.) A 

 scarce winter visitant at Montreal. {Wintle.) This is a winter 

 visitor at Ottawa, Ont., and has been taken by Mr. G. R. White 

 and seen by Mr. Lees. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) My specimens 

 of this species were shot at Toronto, Ont., and I have very few 

 records of its occurrence in other parts of the province. {Mcllwraith.) 

 Winter migrant of irregular occurrence at Toronto. Mr. Kay has 

 met with one or two in the Parry Sound district. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 Probably resident in the wooded sections of Manitoba. A common 

 winter visitor; in January, 1885, Mr. Hine of Winnipeg showed me 

 several dozen skins taken that fall near Winnipeg. {E. T. Seton.) 

 A regular and rather common winter visitor in Manitoba. {Atkin- 

 son.) Rather rare winter visitor at Aweme, Man. {Criddle.) I 

 cannot state the range of this species but believe that it inhabits ah 

 the wooded country from Great Slave lake to the United States. 

 On the banks of the Saskatchewan it is so common that its voice 

 is heard almost every night by the traveller wherever he selects 



