CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 291 
Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Not uncommon some years ago at 
Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. (W.H. Moore.) On July 22nd, 
1889, two were seen by Mr. Gardenain, on Niapisca island, one of 
the Mingan group, Quebec. (Brewster.) An owl believed to be this 
species was seen in the marshes on the Magdalen islands. (Bzshop.) 
Summer resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A common, but transient 
visitant at Montreal; more plentiful in the autumn. Specimens 
taken at Montreal in October, 1889 and 1890, and others seen at 
Boucherville island in October, 1892. (Wuzntle.) A pair was shot 
October 6th, 1883, by Mr. G. R. White, and one was seen the same 
month by Mr. W. L. Scott; these are the only records. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) This is a commoner species than the long-eared 
owl and is likely more northern in its range. I have often observed 
this species skimming noiselessly over the inlets and moist meadows 
along the shores of Hamilton bay. (Mcllwraith.) The only records 
I have heard of in the districts of Parry sound and Muskoka are of 
two found at Port Sidney by Mr. Kay. Regular migrant, common 
in the autumn at Toronto, Ont. (J. H. Fleming.) These birds 
visit us in varying numbers at Toronto each fall. During October, 
1896, they were particularly abundant and while walking on the 
island it was not at all unusual to see upwards of a dozen on the 
wing at the same time. Everywhere on the island their advent 
was clearly marked by the vast numbers of bird remains scattered 
around, among which I noticed those of many of the woodpeckers. 
I also noticed the remains of several smaller owls which leads me to 
conclude that they are not altogether innocent of cannibalism. 
(J. Hughes-Samuel.) 
This species is tolerably common in Manitoba, but is a dweller 
amongst the marshes and is seen there chiefly. It breeds through- 
out the province. (FE. T. Seton.) Two individuals were seen at 
Indian Head, Sask., April 6th, 1892; soon afterwards they became 
common, and began to breed. They fly often in the daytime in 
bright sunlight and on one occasion I saw one fly aimlessly about 
for over an hour and clapping its wings together so rapidly that 
they sounded like a rattle; quite common at Medicine Hat and 
Crane lake, Sask., in May and June, 1894; in July, 1895, they were 
common along Milk river and on the West Butte, lat. 49°, Alta.; 
a few individuals seen at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897; not rare 
between Lesser Slave lake and the Peace river in 1903; not observed 
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