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nature of the forest on the west coast of the island probably 

 accounts for the absence of the species from that region. 



Five specimens were preserved (nos. 15548, 15632-15635), 

 four as skins and one as a skeleton. 



Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmelin) 

 Osprey 



At Friendly Cove there was at least one pair of ospreys. the 

 birds being seen daily circling overhead. Others were observed 

 from the steamer at points on the west coast between Friendly 

 Cove and Port Alberni. One passed over the boat in Clayoquot 

 Sound. July 23. close enough for me to see that it was carrying 

 a branch in its claws, as if nest building, though the season is 

 certainly unusual. 



The only others noted were two single birds seen, one near 

 Parksville, June 8, ami the other at Central Lake. August 22. 



Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan) 

 Short-eared Owl 



A female only, secured at Errington on September 17 (no. 

 L5636). It was shut late in the evening, as it was following the 

 course of a thicket-bordered ditch stretching across a grain field, 

 a shelter for numerous small birds as well as for rats and mice. 



Otus asio kennicotti (Elliot) 



Kennicott Screech Owl 



At Errington, during September, unmistakable screech owl 



notes were heard on many occasions, but I was never able to 



catch sight of one of the birds. They were not heard at any 



other point visited during the summer. 



Bubo virginianus saturatus Ridgway 



Dusky Horned Owl 



At Beaver Creek, June 0, Despard brought in a horned owl 



that a neighboring rancher had shot and hung on a fence a week 



or ten days before. It was a conspicuously dark-colored bird, 



with heavily marked feet and toes, and was of very large size. 



