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Arctic Horned Owl (Knlxt rir</in.i(iitiiN arcticus, Swains). 

 Taken near Victoria and at Chilliwhack. 



Dusky Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus saturatm, Ridgw). 



An abundant resident in this Province; common on Vancouver 

 Island; taken at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



NYCTEA. ( Stephens) . 



Snowy Owl (Nyctea nyctea, Linn). 



A resident in the northern portions of the Province; south in 

 winter to mouth of Fraser River, Chilliwhack and Okanagan ; occa- 

 sionally to Vancouver Island. Rare at Metlakatla. 



SURNIA. (Dumeril). 



American Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula caparocli, Mull). 



Not common, but found throughout the southern part of the 

 Province, from the coast to Okanagan. Rare on Vancouver Island. 

 Taken at Victoria, Sardis, Grand Prairie and Vernon. 



SPEOTYTO. (Gloger). 



Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia hypogcea, Bonap). 



Not common in the Province. Taken at Chilliwhack and 

 Vernon. 



GLAUCIDIUM. (Boie). 



California Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium gnoma californicum, Scl). 



Common throughout the southern portions of the Province, 

 including Vancouver Island. 



ORDER COCCYGES. CUCKOOS and KINGFISHERS. 



FAMILY CUCULID^E. CUCKOOS. 

 COCCYZUS. (Vieillot). 



Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo, California Cuckoo (Coccyzus 



americanus occidentalis, Ridgw). 



A regular summer resident in the south-western portion of the 

 Province. The European Cuckoo never constructs a nest for itself, 

 but drops its eggs in those of other birds, and abandons them to 

 their mercy and management. This conduct of the Cuckoo is so 

 universally known, and so proverbial, that the whole tribe of 



