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1894, Mr. Spreadborough took specimens at Medicine Hat and 
Crane lake, Sask., and in May, 1890, secured one at Revelstoke, 
B. C.; he also found a number of pairs breeding at Kamloops, 
B.C., in June, 1889. (Macoun.) 1 have three records of this 
species west of the Coast range, B.C. East of this range it is a 
tolerably common breeder in the semi-arid interior; taken as far 
north as Willow river, Cariboo district, B.C. in 1901. (Brooks.) 
East of the Coast range in British Columbia; not common. I 
have only found it in the neighbourhood of Kamloops, but have 
heard of it at Ashcroft. (Fannin.) A special trip was made in 
the vicinity of Kamloops and Ashcroft for this species, but no 
trace remained of the colonies once existing there. The last pair 
known to remain in that locality lived in a badger’s burrow on 
the bank of Thompson river, near the ferryman’s house. None 
have been seen at Kamloops or Ashcroft since 1890. (Rhoads.) 
Observed several near the Similkameen river, B.C., in 1905, and 
saw one at the head of Chilliwack lake, B.C., in 1906. (Spread- 
borough.) 
CLXITI. GLAUCIDIUM Bote. 1826. 
379. Pigmy Owl. 
Glaucidium gnoma WAGL. 1832. 
Common throughout British Columbia. (Fannin.) Interior 
British Columbia birds secured at Vernon are true gnoma. Mr. 
Pound says they winter there. (Rhoads.) Observed one, Sep- 
tember 1oth, 1902, on the highest peak of John Bull mountain, at 
over 7,000 feet altitude, near Salmon river, B.C. (Spreadborough.) 
379a. California Pigmy Owl. 
Glaucidium gnoma californicum (ScLi.) A. O. U. CHECK- 
List. 1889. 
Southern coast region of British Columbia. (Fannin.) Mr. 
Brewster informs me that all the British Columbian specimens 
which I have sent him are referable to this subspecies. Common 
resident at Chilliwack, Fraser valley; common in winter at Lake 
Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) A number of specimens taken at 
Chilliwack, B.C., in the autumn of 1901; one specimen taken near 
Victoria, V.I., April, 1887. (Spreadborough.) Numerous west 
of the Coast range, B.C. (Rhoads.) 
