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from the same locality; four unsexed adults taken at Glen wood by 

 E. Gillingham and others in January, 1913. 



I have compared this series, perhaps the largest series of New- 

 foundland Horned Owls ever brought together, -^ath the type (M. C. 

 Z. 4,445) of B. V. heterocnemis (Oberholser) from Lance au Loup, 

 Labrador, and have not found any constant difference with which to 

 separate the Newfoundland bird. The differences claimed by Ober- 

 holser (1914, p. 46) are not constant in the series. The dorsal and 

 ventral coloration, as well as the size of the type, can be matched 

 exactly in the birds of our series. The type specimen has, however, 

 slightly darker bands on the feet than any of our specimens. Still 

 there is such an extraordinary variation in our eight adult specimens, 

 that I cannot regard this as a constant difference. B. v. neochorus 

 Oberholser must be considered synonymous with B. v. heterocnemis. 



Newfoundland Horned Owls breed regularly in the dense forests 

 along the Upper Humber. The crops examined contained only one 

 article of food, the Var^^ing Hare. 



11. SURNIA ULULA CAPAROCH (Mllller). 



Hawk Owl. 



One adult female taken at Nicholsville, July 14th. 



The Hawk Owl is apparently not common in Newfoundland. None 

 of my guides were familiar with it, although they all knew the Horned 

 Owl. 



12. Streptaceryle alcyon alcyon (Linne). 

 Belted Kingfisher. 



One adult male and one adult female, Nicholsville, July 16th and 

 31st. 



As with many of the other Newfoundland birds, the Kingfisher is 

 slightly darker than New England specimens. Not only does the 

 general tone above average darker, but the dark streaking of the 

 wrings is of a deeper tone. 



Several Kingfisher burrows were observed along the Upper Humber. 

 The bird breeds commonly along many Newfoundland rivers. 



