CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 299 
little owl, May 24th, 1884, in the woods below Hochelaga; also on 
Isle Jesus and Mount Royal. (Wunile.) 
“A moderately common resident in the Ottawa district. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) This species though a resident in Ontario is 
of infrequent occurrence and in some winters is not seen at Hamil- 
ton while in others it has been taken in numbers. (MclIlwraith.) 
Not common at Emsdale; reported as resident at Port Sydney, 
Parry Sound and Muskoka districts; generally distributed but not 
abundant in Ontario; large flocks have been seen on Toronto island 
in the autumn; a regular winter resident at Toronto, probably 
breeds as I have a young bird taken May 15th, 1889, and another in 
August; observed at Cache lake, Algonquin park. (/. H. Fleming.) 
Not common in summer in the London district, though young have 
been found; more often noticed in winter and fall. The fact that 
twenty-four of these were found dead in the few miles I covered on 
the coast of Lake Huron in 1906 proves this species to be migratory. 
(W. E. Saunders.) 
A rare resident; noted only on Red river and eastward in Mani- 
toba. (E. T. Seton.) <A very irregular migrant and irregularly 
distributed in Manitoba. Appearing in numbers some seasons and 
others entirely absent. May possibly breed but never noted during 
the summer. (Atkinson.) Rare at Aweme, Man. (Criddie.) 
Blindman river, Alta. (C. F. Dippie.) At Edmonton, Alta., but 
not noticed in the mountains until the Columbia River was reached ; 
a few specimens were seen in the Columbia River valley at Arrow 
lake in June, 1890; others were seen at Sicamous in July, 1889, 
and one heard at our camp on the Skagit river, B.C. on the night of 
July 1st, 1905. (Spreadborough.) This owl was not noticed on the 
route of the expedition, but specimens were sent from New Caledonia 
by Mr. Archibald McDonald. (Richardson.) Obtained only east of 
the Coast range. (Lord.) Not by any means common; I have 
taken it in winter at Burrard inlet; and a few have been taken on 
Vancouver island; Mr. Anderson reports it from Port Simpson, 
B.C. (Fannin.) Tolerably common at Chilliwack, B.C.; a possible 
resident; common in the winter at Lake Okanagan, B.C.; resident 
in winter in the Cariboo district, B.C. (Bvooks.) An immature 
male was taken at Vernon, B.C., in July, 1892. (Rhoads.) 
BREEDING Notes.—I have a set of five eggs of this owl taken May 
23rd at Scotch Lake, N.B. The eggs ranged from fresh to incubation 
