CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 3O5 



were typical, the others rather more heavily marked but none ap- 

 proached occidentalis , there being comparatively little ochraceous 

 underlying the white. (/. H. Fleming.) 



This form is a common resident in Manitoba wherever there is 

 timber. Evidently a common permanent resident in Manitoba. 

 {E. T. Seton.) Geographical location alone seems to distinguish 

 this variety from plain virginianus and the lighter variety arcticus, 

 as the three types merge so gradually into one another that the 

 line of distinction cannot at times be otherwise drawn. I have 

 grouped all those specimens taken in Manitoba under this type but 

 I believe specimens showing all characteristics of the other varieties 

 can be readily secured in Manitoba as all shades and sizes are handled 

 every season when there is any extensive movement among the owls. 

 Horned owls, whatever they may ultimately prove to be, breed 

 regularly and commonly through all the wooded districts of Manitoba 

 and west to Edmonton. Frequently very small and light coloured 

 birds are secured either spring or fall and possibly these will prove 

 to h& arcticus. {Atkinson.) Tolerably common resident at Aweme, 

 Man. (Criddle.) Fine specimens of this form were taken at Indian 

 Head, Sask., in May, 1892; at Medicine Hat and Crane lake, Sask., 

 May, 1894; aiid in the Cypress hills in June of the same year; a 

 few were seen on Old Wives creek, Sask., and at the West Butte, 

 lat. 49°, Sask., 1895; occasionally seen at Banff, Rocky mountains, 

 in the summer of 1891; observed near Cascade and on Sophie 

 mountain, B.C., at the International Boundary in July, 1902; one 

 taken at Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889. (Spreadborough.) This bird 

 is found in all parts of the Northwest Territories where the timber 

 is large and was taken by Mr. Drummond in the Rocky mountains. 

 (Richardson.) North to Arctic Circle and beyond, on the Mackenzie 

 river. (Ross.) Abundant east and west of the Coast range. (Lord.) 

 Common in British Columbia. (Streator.) An abundant resident 

 throughout the province. (Fannin.) Rather common in the 

 lower Eraser valley. (Brooks.) This bird is found throughout 

 the entire wooded part of northern Alaska, extending its range 

 in autumn to the open treeless shore along Bering sea and portions 

 of the Arctic coast. (Nelson.) This bird is only an occasional 

 visitor at St. Michael, its place on the barren grounds being taken 

 by the snowy owl. (Turner.) 



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