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typical specimens from there; darker forms occur but not so 
often as farther west. There have been several horned owls 
taken in Toronto that are almost, if not quite, pure arcticus. Some 
specimens from Kdmonton, Alta., are very light coloured ; in 
fact from Winnipeg to Calgary light ones are found in abundance 
in winter. The relationship of the horned owls seems to be in 
a very confused state. (/. H. Fleming.) 
One shot near Duck Mountain, Manitoba, in the fall of 1883 ; 
another individual was taken by Macoun in October, 1880, in the 
Touchwood Hills, Assa. (Zkhompson-Seton.) This very beautiful 
owl appears to be rare, one specimen having been seen flying at 
mid-day in the immediate vicinity of Carlton House and was 
brought down by an arrow by an Indian boy. (Xichardson.) This 
owl or the other variety was repeatedly observed in the country 
between Fort Good Hope and the Anderson River. (Macfarlane.) 
This pale-coloured form is sometimes seen in northern Alberta 
where it breeds. (W. Raine.) 
375¢e. Dusky Horned Owl. 
Bubo virginianus saturatus RipGw. 1877. 
Not rare at Fort Chimo, Ungava. Resident. Downy young 
obtained June 2oth, 1884. (Packard.) A rare winter visitant at 
Montreal. I purchased a fine specimen of this owl February 8th, 
1892, in the Bonsecours market, which was shot at Boucherville 
four days previously. (lWV2ntle.) Large numbers of horned owls 
come into the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts every winter 
from the north, probably from Hudson Bay, some of them are as 
dark as the dark Labrador form. I have one of this form taken 
in Toronto. (/. H. Fleming.) 
This species is an extremely dark-coloured form of the horned 
owl, found along the damp, heavily wooded south coast of the 
Alaskan territory, and extending its range southward to Washing- 
ton. (Velson.) An abundant resident west of the Coast Range. 
(Fannin.) 
BREEDING Nores.—A fine skin of the dark-coloured race of 
genus Bubo with the two eggs was collected for me by Mr. 
Dicks at Sandwich Bay, Labrador. The eggs were taken May 
Ist, 1896, and the nest was built in the top of a spruce, a large 
structure of sticks, weeds and rubbish. (IV. Raine.) 
