Cttnada. Mil 



!\.-i. This lo !<! is found in common in 



.Hi. I 1 li.i\.-tl: Liplaii'i one clutch 



ii .it Tornea, Liplaml May KMh. 1S86. 



ad Hi-is- aii'l found near 



the top of a spruce tir. Another clutch >! L,'gB wafi 



found at Kittila. Upland. May i:5th l^ 1 ' I third dutch of 



is taken at Kittila. L-i|ilaii'l. May iMli. IM'O. The 



ii specimens is | The hawk owls 



most diurnal in their hal-its of any . .!' tin- -.\vl family. 



retiring to r-st at ni^'ht like ordinary liinls, and they an- the 



t hawk-like '\\ Is. not only in tln-ir habits l.ut in jihysical 



chirtly on tii-M mice ami small \>\ 



Another int. resting owl t'oiiml in Manitoha is the saw -whet 

 <wl. als.. calle.l Aca-lian <>wl. This sj,,.ci,-s is M .,t at all rare in 

 < >ntai'io. ami in the t'all of tin- year a iiiiml.er tVe|iient tlie 

 railway she- Is. in Toronto, alon^ the lake front Hen- they 

 sta\ iml fee<l on the numerous spairnws 



which inhal.it the she.K. Learning from a railway hand that 



five or si\ of these i'iwls h;l"l lieell Seen aliollt tile sheds, I got 



him to ol.tain me a sj.ecimeii. which he winded while it 



in^' "ii a sjiari-ow. I kept this l.inl alive for a week, l.ut 

 it jine.l a\\ay and died. Though a small liird. only measuring 

 n inches, it was very spirited, hissing and snapping its 

 \>\\\ whenever I went near it. I now have its skin in my pos- 

 session. This liird inhaKit-s the woods of ( (ntavio. and has 

 lie.-n found lu'eedini,' in Maine and New \'ork. The shrill. 

 harsh notes resembling the tiling of a s;i\\ may fre.|iiently IM- 

 heard in the t sunset, on a summer's evening. 



Mr. K^l'eit I la if ^ recoi-ds this species breeding near I 

 New York. On ' of April 7th > I M and MOth. |SMi. he 



found four - this species, two sets of five and 



of seven egga each. They were taken from deserted WIMH!- 



jMM-ki-r ho|i-s in tree stul>s. rane-in^ from twenty-two to fifty 

 n the Around. Tin- e^rs Were laid on the rotten chips. 



all'l s ,,f the owl \\. I it. The rims 



white nearly elliptical, and average l.-J()\ 1 .o-_> The numU-r 

 _;^fs laid li\' this liird 1'an^es tVom four to Beven. Thisliird 



