Our Winter Birds. 145 



Bonasa umbellus togata — Canadian ruffed grouse. Re- 

 corded by D'Urban as common ; is now very rare in 

 the vicinity of Montreal. A few pairs nest on the 

 western mountain, and in the wooded parts of Mount 

 Royal cemetery. 



* Accipiter velox — Sharp-shinned hawk. I only know two 



winter records for this species. In February, 1880, 

 a male was shot in a garden on Berthelet street, 

 while eating a sparrow that it had captured. The 

 second specimen, also a male, was shot on the west- 

 ern mountain, December 29th, 1889. 



Accipiter atricapillus — American goshawk. Occasional 

 during the autumn and winter months. The earliest 

 date upon which I received it is October 2*7 th, 1887, 

 an immature specimen shot at the Back River. 



Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis — American roughlegged 

 hawk. This can hardly be called a winter bird with 

 us. The latest date of its occurrence known to me 

 is November 1st, 1889, when a specimen was shot at 

 Cote des Neiges. Chamberlain states that it occurs 

 in the Maritime Provinces in winter only. With us 

 it is an autumn visitant, occaionally sloitering until 

 November. 



Asio Wilsonianus — American long-eared owl. A few speci- 

 mens during November. I do not think it remains 

 during the winter. 



Asio acciptrinus — Short-eared owl. Same record as last 

 species. 



* Syrnium Nebulosum — Barred owl. Occasional during 



winter. 

 TJlula cinerea — Great gray owl. This fine owl, generally 

 exceedingly rare with us, has been quite common 

 along our southern border during the past winter. 

 At least fifty specimens have been mounted in Mont- 

 real, and it is also reported in unusual numbers from 

 Quebec and Toronto. I have received examples from 

 Three Rivers, Sorel, Sherbrooke, Yalleyfield and 

 other places — the earliest on October 28th, 1889, 



