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three or four dozen on the island, but the past winter we have 

 had more than usual." Sable Island is about eighty-six miles 

 off the coast of Nova Scotia, the nearest mainland. 



Mr. Harry Piers of the Provincial Museum, Halifax, N. S., 

 writes under date of Feb. 5, 1906, that there was a noticeable mi- 

 gration of these owls in the vicinity of Yarmouth, N. S., between 

 the 10th and 20th of November, 1905, and that twenty-four speci- 

 mens had been received by the taxidermists of that city. He also 

 reported some twenty specimens that had been taken near Halifax. 

 During the flight of 1901-2 but few were reported in these localities. 



New Brunswick. 



Mr. Turner Ingalls, Jr., keeper of Southwest Harbor Light Sta- 

 tion, Grand Manan, N. B., informs me under date of Jan. 20, 1906, 

 that twenty-six Snowy Owls had been seen on the island, and many 

 of these had been shot during December, 1905. During the flight 

 of 1901-2 Mr. Ingalls observed only about half this number. 



Mr. Howard McAdams of St. Stephen, N. B., writes under date 

 of Dec. 20, 1905, that he had received six Snowy Owls up to that 

 time, but had heard of a number of others having been observed and 

 killed. His specimens were received between Nov. 15 and Dec. 14, 

 1905. 



Mr. Miles D. Emack, taxidermist, Fredrickton, N. B., writes 

 under date of Jan. 16, 1906: "Since we have been in business we 

 have never seen so many Snowy Owls. We have so far this season 

 received twenty-nine, and they appear to be all over the Province. 

 Last winter we received none, but four years ago there were plenty 

 of them. In many cases they were reported as found in pairs. 

 There were but few that were conspicuously white, the majority 

 being quite gray." 



Province of Quebec. 



Mr. C. E. Dionne, of Laval University, Quebec, in a letter written 

 Jan. 7, 1906, informs me that Snowy Owls have been quite abun- 

 dant all the season. About fourteen specimens had been sent in, 



