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SYRNIUM Sanigny. 



173. Northern Spotted Owl. 



Symium occidentale caurinuni (Mbrriam). 



Rare resident at Chilliwhack and Mount Lehman {Brooks.) The late 

 John Fannin had this bird on his first list of B. C. birds, he liaving taken it 

 at Burrard Inlet some years ago, but in his lists of 1891 and 1898 he 

 dropped it. 



SCOTIAPTEX SwAiNsoN. 



174. Great Grey Owl. 



Scotiaptex nebu/osa (Forster). 



A rare bird in this Province ; it has been taken at Vernon ami Stewart's 

 Lake. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. 



CRYPTOGLAUX Richmond. 



175. Richardson's Owl. 



C7-i/ptoglanx tengmalmi richardsoni (Bonaparte). 

 Taken at Okanagan by A. C. Brooks. 



17G. Saw- whet Owl. 



Cryjjtoglaux acadica (Gmel.). 



Not common on Vancouver Island ; several have been taken near this 

 city. Tolerably at Chilliwhack and common in winter at Okanagan. 

 {Brooks.) 



17Ga. North-West Saw- whet Owl. 



Cryi)t,ogJaux acadica scotata (Osgood). 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. 



MEGASCOPS Kaup. 



177. Kennicott's Screech Owl. 



Megascops asio kennicottii (Elliot). 



An abundant resident throughout the Province. Breeds in tlie neighl)our- 

 hood of Victoria. 



178. Macfarlane's Screech Owl. 



liffigaycojjs asio macjarlanei (Bricwst.). 

 Southern portion of the Province, east of Cascade Mountains. 



