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specimens from both Parry Sound and Muskoka districts ; it is rare 

 and not by any means a regular winter visitor. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 I met with two birds of this .species at Whitney, Parry Sound rail- 

 way in December, 1898, and obtained another in the same month at 

 Scotia Junction. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) No recent record of this 

 species in the London district. {W. E. Saunders.) One specimen 

 seen at Missinabi station, Ont., in 1904. (Spreadborough.) 



This species is an irregular winter visitant in Manitoba, but 

 Mr. Hunter states he is positive that it is a permanent resident 

 and breeds in the wooded country east of the Red river. It is 

 certainly common and very abundant some winters. {E. T. Seton.) 

 A regular and numerous fall migrant and winter visitor but not 

 known to breed in Manitoba. {Atkinson.) Rare at Aweme, Man. 

 more so than formerly. (Criddle.) This is a common species 

 throughout the Northwest Territories, and from Hudson bay to the 

 Pacific. In summer it feeds principally on mice and insects, but in 

 winter it preys chiefly on ptarmigan. (Richardson.) Common 

 from Lesser Slave lake to the Peace river in 1903 ; one seen at Midway 

 B. C, April 26th, 1905. (Spreadborough.) North to the Arctic 

 coast on the Mackenzie; common. (Ross.) Rock Creek, Lake 

 Osoyoos'. (Lord.) A resident east of the Coast range; west oc- 

 casionally to Vancouver island; breeds along the valley of the 

 Similkameen. (Fannin.) Scarce at ChiUiwack; probably breeds 

 in«the mountains of British Columbia; rare in the winter at Lake 

 Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) Collected on Vancouver island by 

 W. F. Findlay and at Vernon, B.C., by W. C. Pound. (Rhoads.) 



I first met with the hawk owl near the head of Hunt river in the 

 foothills of the Jade mountains, about 20 miles north of our winter 

 camp on the Kowak, Kotzebue sound, Alaska. They arrived about 

 April loth, 1899, and left the preceding year on September 21st. 

 (Grinnell.) Not uncommon at many points at the base of the 

 Alaskan peninsula in 1902. (Osgood.) While at the upper edge 

 of the timber line on Kenai mountains, Alaska, a pair of these owls 

 was occasionally seen. Another specimen was seen during the latter 

 part of September. (Figgins.) A female was taken at Sheep 

 creek and a male at Moose camp, Kenai peninsula, Alaska in 1903. 

 (W. P. Anderson.) This is perhaps the most abundant resident 

 bird of prey throughout the entire wooded part of northern Alaska. 



