CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 279 
found an owl lighter in colour than pure vrginianus and yet darker 
than arcticus, this form is generally accepted as the western 
horned owl, and as long as the division of the horned owls is 
maintained we must admit this form as a Toronto bird. (/. H. 
Fleming.) 
This form is a common resident in Manitoba wherever there is 
timber; this form of Auda is lighter in colour than the true Lado 
virginianus subarcticus. It is probably just intermediate between 
that form and var. arcticus. Evidently a common permanent 
resident in Manitoba as all observers agree in this. (Zhompson- 
Seton.) Fine specimens of this form were taken at Indian Head, 
Assa., in May, 1892; at Medicine Hat and Crane Lake, Assa., 
May, 1894; and in the Cypress Hills in June of the same year ; 
a few were seen on Old Wives’ Creek, Assa., and at the West 
Butte, Lat. 49°, Assa., 1895; occasionally seen at Banff, Rocky 
Mountains, inthe summer of 1891; observed near Cascade and on 
Sophie Mountain, B.C., at the International Boundary in July, 
1g02 ; one taken at Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889. (Spreadborough.) 
This bird is found in all parts of the Northwest Territories where 
the timber is large and was taken by Mr. Drummond in the Rocky 
Mountains. (Richardson.) North to Arctic Circle and beyond, 
on the Mackenzie River. (oss.) This bird is found throughout 
the entire wooded part of northern Alaska, extending its range 
in autumn to the open treeless shore along Behring Sea and 
portions of the Arctic coast. (/Ve/son.) This bird is only an occa- 
sional visitor at St. Michael, its place on the barren grounds being 
taken by the snowy owl. (Zzsner.) Abundant east and west of 
the Coast Range. (Lord.) Common in British Columbia. (Szveador.) 
An abundant resident throughout the province. (Fannin.) Rather 
common in the Lower Fraser valley. (Bvooks.) 
BreepING Notes.—September 18th, 1884, Portage la Prairie : 
Mr. C. W. Nash gives me avery interesting note on a pair of 
horned owls that had nested in the woods here, and from the 
indications observed there seems little doubt that they subsist 
chiefly on fish, which were abundant in asmall creek running from 
a lake through these woods to the Assiniboine River. On exam- 
ining the gizzards of two of the young of this pair which Mr. 
Nash shot, he found them full of fish. At one place there were, 
unquestionably, evidences of an owl having seized a large fish 
with one foot and held on to the bank with the other. The creek 
