50 Capt. Blakiston on the Birds of the 



Institution, from Red River Settlement, by Mr. Donald Gunn, 

 an influential settler in that isolated colony ; and Mr. Bernard 

 Ross has found it on the Mackenzie. 



Brachyotus cassinii. 



The ' Fauna Bor.-Am,' also gives the Short-eared Owl in the 

 fur-countries, up to 67° north. Mr. Murray notes a specimen 

 from the woody district between Hudson's Bay and Lake 

 Winipeg; I have seen it from the coast of Hudson's Bay, and 

 Mr. Bernard Ross gives it from Mackenzie River. 



Syrnium cinereum. 



The Great Grey Owl, a northern species, is identified as be- 

 longing to the interior of British North America by a specimen 

 in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, from Red River 

 Settlement; one mentioned in the ' Fauna Bor,-Am.,' from Great 

 Bear Lake ; and two which I received fi'om the Rev. J. P. Gar- 

 diner, a missionary resident at York Factory, Hudson's Bay. 



Syrnium nebulosum. 



The Barred Owl, an Eastern American bird, was described by 

 Forster from a specimen from Hudson's Bay ; it is recorded also 

 as having been lately found in California. 



Nyctale richardsoni. 



This species, the Sparrow-Owl, was figured and described 

 under the name of Strix tengmalmi in the ' Fauna Bor.-Am.,' 

 from the forks of the Saskatchawan. It has been found breeding 

 on the Mackenzie by Mr. Ross. 



N. albifrons, from the localities in which it has been taken, 

 will possibly be found in the region treated of in this paper ; as 

 well as Athene hypogaa, of which a specimen has been obtained 

 at Fort Benton, on the Upper Missouri. I have inserted 

 these names only to draw the attention of naturalists who may 

 at a future time more fully explore the little-known (in an orni- 

 thological sense) British Indian territory lying to the west of 

 Canada. 



17. Nyctea nivea. 



The Common Snowy Owl (' Ibis,' vol. iii. p. 320) is known to 

 the fur-traders and voyageurs of the North by its partiality for 



