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1894, Mr. Spreadborough took specimens at Medicine Hat and 

 Crane lake, Sask., and in May, 1890, secured one at Revelstoke,. 

 B. C. ;he also found a number of pairs breeding at Kamloops,. 

 B.C., in June, 1889. (Macoun.) I have three records of this 

 species west of the Coast range, B.C. East of this range it is a 

 tolerably common breeder in the semi-arid interior; taken as far 

 north as Willow river. Cariboo district, B.C. in 1901. (Brooks.} 

 East of the Coast range in British Columbia; not common. I 

 have only found it in the neighbourhood of Kamloops,^ but have 

 heard of it at Ashcroft. (Fannin.) A special trip was made in 

 the vicinity of Kamloops and Ashcroft for this species, but no 

 trace remained of the colonies once existing there. The last pair 

 known to remain in that locality hved in a badger's burrow on 

 the bank of Thompson river, near the ferryman's house. None 

 have been seen at Kamloops or Ashcroft since 1890. (Rhoads.) 

 Observed several near the Similkameen river, B.C., in 1905, and 

 saw "one at the head of Chilliwack lake, B.C., in 1906. (Spread- 

 borough.) 



CLXIII. GLAUCIDIUM Boie. 1826. 

 379 Pigmy Owl. 



Glaucidium gnoma Wagl. 1832. 



Common throughout British Columbia. (Fannin.) Interior 

 British Columbia birds secured at Vernon are true gnoma. Mr. 

 Pound says they winter there. (Rhoads.) Observed one, Sep- 

 tember loth, 1902, on the highest peak of John Bull mountain, at 

 over 7,000 feet altitude, near Salmon river, B.C. (Spreadborough.) 



379a. California Pigmy Owl. 



Glaucidium gnotna californicum (SCL.) A. O. U. Check- 

 List. 1889. 



Southern coast region of British Columbia. (Fannin.) Mr. 

 Brewster informs me that all the British Columbian specimens 

 which I have sent him are referable to this subspecies. Common 

 resident at ChilUwack, Eraser valley; common in winter at Lake 

 Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) A number of specimens taken at 

 ChilUwack, B.C., in the autumn of 1901 ; one specimen taken near 

 Victoria, V.I., April, 1887. (Spreadborough.) Numerous west 

 of the Coast range, B.C. (Rhoads.) 



