CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 2gi 



Branswick. (^Chamberlain.) Not uncommon some years ago at 

 Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) On July 22nd, 

 1889, two were seen by Mr. Gardenain, on Niapisca island, one of 

 the Mingan group, Quebec. (Brewster.) An owl believed to be this 

 species was seen in the marshes on the Magdalen islands. (Bishop.) 

 Summer resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A common, but transient 

 visitant at Montreal; more plentiful in the autumn. Specimens 

 taken at Montreal in October, 1889 and 1890, and others seen at 

 Boucherville island in October, 1892. (Wintle.) A pair was shot 

 October 6th, 1883, by Mr. G. R. White, and one was seen the same 

 month by Mr. W. L. Scott; these are the only records. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) This is a commoner species than the long-eared 

 owl and is hkely more northern in its range. I have often observed 

 this species skimming noiselessly over the inlets and moist meadows 

 along the shores of Hamilton bay. (Mcllwraith.) The only records 

 I have heard of in the districts of Parry sound and Muskoka are of 

 two found at Port Sidney by Mr. Kay. Regular migrant, common 

 in the autumn at Toronto, Ont. (/. H. Fleming.) These birds 

 visit us in varying numbers at Toronto each fall. During October, 

 1896, they were particularly abundant and while walking on the 

 island it was not at all unusual to see upwards of a dozen on the 

 wing at the same time. Everywhere on the island their advent 

 was clearly marked by the vast numbers of bird remains scattered 

 around, among which I noticed those of many of the woodpeckers. 

 I also noticed the remains of several smaller owls which leads me to 

 conclude that they are not altogether innocent of cannibalism. 

 (/. Hughes-Samuel.) 



This species is tolerably common in Manitoba, but is a dweller 

 amongst the marshes and is seen there chiefly. It breeds through- 

 out the province. (E. T. Seton.) Two individuals were seen at 

 Indian Head, Sask., April 6th, 1892; soon afterwards they became 

 common, and began to breed. They fly often in the daytime in 

 bright sunlight and on one occasion I saw one fly aimlessly about 

 for over an hour and clapping its wings together so rapidly that 

 they sounded like a rattle; quite common at Medicine Hat and 

 Crane lake, Sask., in May and June, 1894; in July, 1895, they were 

 common along Milk river and on the West Butte, lat. 49°, Alta.; 

 a few individuals seen at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897; not rare 

 between Lesser Slave lake and the Peace river in 1903 ; not observed 

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