46 PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, 



Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus, Pall). 



Common throughout the Province on Island and Mainland. 

 Bather common near Victoria throughout the winter. 



SYRNIUM. (Savigny). 



*Northern Spotted Owl (Syrnium occidcntalis coiirhiiun, Mer- 



riam). 

 Chilliwhack. 



SCOTIAPTEX. (Swainson). 



Great Grey Owl (Scotiaptex nebulosa, Forster). 



Kare in the Province. Taken at Vernon, Stuart Lake and 

 Chilliwhack. 



CRYPTOGLAUX. (Kichmond). 



Richardson's Owl (Cryptoglaux tengmalmi richardsoni, Bonap). 

 Okanagan and Chilliwhack. 



Saw- whet Owl (Cryptoglaux acadica, Gmel). 



Not common on Vancouver Island; common in winter at 

 Okanagan. Taken at Chilliwhack, Victoria and Okanagan. 



Northwest Saw-whet Owl (Cryptoglaux acadica scotcea, Osgood). 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. 



MEGASCOPS. (Kaup). 



Kennicott's Screech Owl (Megascops asio kennicottii, Elliot). 



Abundant throughout the Province. Breeds in the neighbour- 

 hood of Victoria. 



*Macfarlane's Screech Owl (Megascops asio macfarlanei, 



Brewst). 

 Southern portion of the Province, east of Cascade Mountains. 



Puget Sound Screech Owl (Megascops asio saturatus, Brewster). 



BUBO. (Dumeril). 



*Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus, Gmel). 

 Chilliwhack and Victoria. 



Western Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens, Stone). 



Common on Vancouver Island and Mainland. Taken at Chil- 

 liwhack and Okanagan. 



