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CLVI. SCOTIAPTEX Swainson. 1837. 
370. Great Gray Owl. 
Scotiaptex nebulosa (FORSTER) PREBLE. 1902. 
Specimen No. (32,306) in the Smithsonian Institution collection 
was obtained by James McKenzie at Moose Factory, James bay. 
No record from any other part of the country. (Packard.) One 
seen on the Humber river, Newfoundland, August 28th, 1899. 
(L. H. Porter.) A specimen taken a few years ago in Pictou county, 
Nova Scotia, is the only one known except one in the collection of 
the late Dr. McCulloch. (Gilpimn.) Occurs in winter at Grand 
Manan, N.B. (Herrick.) Taken at Lorette; resident in northern 
Quebec. (Dionne.) A scarce winter visitant at Montreal. During 
the winter of 1889-90 this owl appeared at Montreal in great numbers 
and many specimens were taken. (Wzntle.) A rare winter visitor 
at Ottawa. (G. R. White.) A specimen was shot November 2oth, 
1905 by Mr. M. W. Kelley a farmer of South March, fourteen miles 
from Ottawa. (kev. G. Exfrig.) In southern Ontario this species 
is a casual visitor in winter only. I have seen specimens taken in 
Muskoka and at Hamilton. (WMcllwraith.) Sometimes abundant 
in the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts in winter. Occurs ir- 
regularly about Toronto, Ont.; it sometimes appears in southern 
Ontario in numbers, but is usually absent, such migrations are 
rare, the last one at Toronto was about 1889; the last Toronto 
specimen was recorded in 1896. (J. H. Fleming.) On 28th Feb- 
ruary, 1896, a specimen was taken on Toronto island. In December, 
1898, I saw one, taken at Whitney, on the Parry Sound railway, 
and I was shown two fine specimens which were taken at Scotia 
Junction, on the same railway the preceding year. (/. Hughes- 
Samuel.) 
Rare winter visitor in Manitoba. Found chiefly along the Red 
river and at Lake Winnipeg. (FE. T. Seton.) An irregular winter 
visitor in Manitoba, some years abundant, others entirely absent, 
(Atkinson.) Rare at Aweme, Man. (Criddle.) One seen at Lesser 
Slave lake, Atha., and another between that lake and Peace River 
Landing in 1903. (Spreadborough.) This imposing bird which 
was first described from Hudson bay is by no means a rare bird in 
the Northwest Territories, being an inhabitant of all the wooded 
