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Family bubonid^. Horned Owls. 



Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.). Barred Owl. One speci- 

 men seen flying over our camp at Chemawawin. 



Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). Snowy Owl. One specimen 

 seen near Crow-Duck Lake. 



Order COCCYGES. Cuckoos, etc. 

 Family alcedinid^e. Kingfishers. 



Ceryle alcyox. (Linn.). Belted Kingfisher. Common 

 at Grand Rapids, where they were nesting in the river bank. 

 Breeds within the Arctic Circle. (MacFarlane). 

 Three specimens secured; all 6- 



Order PICI. Woodpeckers, etc. 

 Family picid^-e. Woodpeckers. 



Dryobates villosus leucomelas. (Bodd.). Northern 

 Hairy Woodpecker. Common at Grand Rapids. The lateral 

 rectrices of the specimens secured are a pale, clear, sulphur 

 yellow below; under tail-coverts deeply stained with brown- 

 ish 3^ellow^ 



Breeds within the Arctic Circle. (MacFarlane). 



PicoiDES arcticus (Swains.). Arctic Three-toed Wood- 

 pecker. Rather common at Grand Rapids. The male has a 

 distinct buffy wash on the breast and on the under side of 

 rectrices. The third pair of rectrices bear two white bars 

 near tip in the male, while these feathers are entirely black in 

 the female. 



Breeds within the Arctic Circle. (MacFarlane). 



Two specimens secured. 



CoLAPTES auratus (Linn.). Flicker. The commonest 

 woodpecker at Grand Rapids, although none were seen at 

 Chemawawin. 



Breeds within the Arctic Circle. (MacFarlane.) 



Six specimens secured; 4 ,3, i ?, i ^juv. 



