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little owl, May 24th, 1884, in the woods below Hochelaga; also on 

 Isle Jesus and Mount Royal. (Wintlc.) 



A moderately common resident in the Ottawa district. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) This species though a resident in Ontario is 

 of infrequent occurrence and in some winters is not seen at Hamil- 

 ton while in others it has been taken in numbers. (Mcllwraith.) 

 Not common at Emsdale; reported as resident at Port Sydney 

 Parry Sound and Muskoka districts; generally distributed but not 

 abundant in Ontario ; large flocks have been seen on Toronto island 

 in the autumn; a regular winter resident at Toronto, probably 

 breeds as I have a young bird taken May 15th, 1889, and another in 

 August; observed at Cache lake, Algonquin park. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 Not common in summer in the London district, though young have 

 been found; more often noticed in winter and fall. The fact that 

 twenty-four of these were found dead in the few miles I covered on 

 the coast of Lake Huron in 1 906 proves this species to be migratory. 

 (W. E. Saunders.) 



A rare resident; noted only on Red river and eastward in Mani- 

 toba. (E. T. Seton.) A very irregular migrant and irregularly 

 distributed in Manitoba. Appearing in numbers some seasons and 

 others entirely absent. May possibly breed but never noted during 

 the summer. (Atkinson.) Rare at Aweme, Man. (Criddle.) 

 Blindman river, Alta. (C. F. Dippie.) At Edmonton, Alta., but 

 not noticed in the mountains until the Columbia River was reached ; 

 a few specimens were seen in the Columbia River valley at Arrow 

 lake in June, 1890; others were seen at Sicamous in July, 1889, 

 and one heard at our camp on the Skagit river, B.C. on the night of 

 July I St, 1905. (Spreadborough.) This owl was not noticed on the 

 route of the expedition, but specimens were sent from New Caledonia 

 by Mr. Archibald McDonald. (Richardson.) Obtained only east of 

 the Coast range. (Lord.) Not by any means common; I have 

 taken it in winter at Burrard inlet; and a few have been taken on 

 Vancouver island; Mr. Anderson reports it from Port Simpson, 

 B. C. (Fannin.) Tolerably common at Chilliwack, B.C. ; a possible 

 resident; common in the winter at Lake Okanagan, B.C.; resident 

 in winter in the Cariboo district, B.C. (Brooks.) An immature 

 male was taken at Vernon, B.C., in July, 1892. (Rhoads.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have a set of five eggs of this owl taken May 

 23rd at Scotch Lake, N.B. The eggs ranged from fresh to incubation 



