54 A NATURALIST IN THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 
54. MYCTALE TENGMALMI var, RICHARDSONII, (Bp) Ridge. 
(RICHARDSON’S OWL.) 
Mr. Whalen showed me a specimen which he had killed 
in June, and stated that he had seen three more this year. 
I found it quite common at House Harbor, where I shot one 
specimen and heard several others. 
Mr. William Perham showed me an egg of this species 
which he had taken on June 14 at House Harbor. The nest 
was a hole in a dead birch, and contained an addled egg, and 
four young birds nearly able to fly. The young were much 
darker than the old birds, both of which were procured. 
The egg, which is now in my collection, measures 1.6 inches 
in length by 1.25 in breadth. It is of a creamy white color. 
ss. MYCTALE ACADICA, (Gm.) Bp. 
(ARCADIAN OWL.) 
On July 30 I shot a single specimen of this little Owl on 
Bird Rock. It was a young bird, and had the brown mark- 
ings and white face which once was supposed to represent 
