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Order STRIGES. 

 Family STRIGIP.E. 



ASIO FLAMMEUS (Pontoppidan). 

 SHORT-EARED OWL. 



At Unalaska I saw Short -cared Owls frequently in the low grassy 

 district near Dutch Harbor, but they were very shy, and I did not 

 succeed in getting any specimens. I did not happen to see this bird 

 at any other point during the entire cruise. 



STRIX OCCIDENTALE CAURINUM (Merriam). 

 MERRIAM'S SPOTTED OWL. 



This owl was not uncommon in the woods about Union Bay, 

 Vancouver Island. 



SURNIA ULULA DOLIATA i Pallas). 

 SIBERIAN HAWK OWL. 



Some species of owl was very common about Petropaiilski at the 

 time of my visit. It occurred along the ridge of hills behind the 

 town, wherever there were large trees. The birds were very noisy, 

 and kept up a continual hooting all day long. Owing to the dense, 

 and in some places almost impenetrable, undergrowth, I found it 

 impossible to approach any of them, although several hours were 

 wasted in the attempt. As this is the only owl known from this 

 locality at this season, it seems probable that this was the form. 



From certain remarks made by authors, it would seem as if the 

 Hawk Owl of Kamchatka represented a good subspecies, distinguished 

 by a greater development in the amount of white in the plumage ; but 

 a specimen from Petropaulski collected by Dr. W. II. Dall, in the 

 National Museum, while rather light in general coloration, is easily 

 matched by specimens of S. u. doliata from other parts of its range. 

 The record of Surnia alula from Alaska should be referred to this form, 

 Surniaulula </<>/i<ifa (Pallas). 



Order COCCYGES. 



Suborder CUCULI. 



Family CUCULID^. 



Subfamily CTJ< M I ,1 N . K. 



CUCULUS CANORUS TELEPHONUS ( Heine). 



EASTERN CUCKOO. KAKKOK. 



The Eastern Cuckoo was abundant in the scrubby growth aboul 

 Petropaulski, and its loud and clear "cuck-oo," which was heard all 

 through the day from sunrise to sunset, was one of the characteristic 

 bird notes of the locality. 



