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whenever they came near the nest, but Bayley tells me that the 
hawks have been with the herons for several years. Later I 
was told of several former colonies, and in each case a fish- 
hawk nested among the herons. (C. R&. Harte.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Four ; these were taken at Billings Bridge, near Ottawa, Ont., 
at Toronto, and in British Columbia. 
A set of three eggs taken at Portland Lake, near Halifax, 
Nova Scotia, June 14th, 1895; also one taken by A. P. Low on 
the Upper Hamilton River, Ungava, June Ioth, 1894. 
Famity XXIX. STRIGIDA. Barn Owts. 
CXXXI. STRIX Linneus. 1758. 
_365. American Barn Owl. 
Strix pratincola Bonar. 1838. 
Apparently rare in Newfoundland, only one specimen taken. 
(Reeks.) In May, 1882,a specimen was killed by young Mr. Reid, 
gardener, York St., Hamilton, and in the fall of the same year 
another was found in an empty out-house near the canal leading 
to Dundas. Dr. Garnier of Lucknow, Ont., saw one some years 
ago; and Mr. C. J. Brampton of Sault Ste. Marie reports having 
seen two at that place. (Mcllwraith.) A specimen was captured 
alive on acoal dock near the bay-front, Toronto, on September 
7th, 1899. The bird soon died and proved to bea male. This is 
the only Toronto record of which Iam aware. (J. H. Fleming in 
The Auk, Vol. XVII., 177.) In the Bryant collection in the 
Museum of Comparative Zodlogy there is an American barn owl 
taken by Mr. Louis Cabot at Long Point, Ontario, early in Nov- 
ember, 1899. The specimen (No. 1482) was secured for the col- 
lection by Mr. H. B. Bigelow. (Reginald Heber Howe, jr., in The 
Auk, Vol. X1X., p. 79.) 
Famity XXX. BUBONIDA#. Hornep Owts, &c. 
CXXXII. ASIO Brisson. 1760. 
366. American Long-eared Owl. 
Asio wilsonianus (LESS.) COUES. 1882. 
This species, like most of the owls, is so retiring in its habits 
that their absence from a district is more apparent than real. On 
