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Cryptoglaux acadica (Gmel.). 



Saw-whet Owl. 



Rare summer resident. 



The only record.is that of a specimen reported by Low as shot near 

 Lake Mistassini. It probably breeds. 



Megascops asio (Linn.). 



Screech Owl. 



Audubon ('39, p. 392) states explicitly that this species "is. . . .met 

 with abundantly in ... . Labrador, where I procured it." It does not 

 seem possible that he could have mistaken the Hawk Owl or any other 

 small owl for this species especially as he "procured it." No other 

 ornithologist has met with it in Labrador, yet we cannot disregard 

 this record of Audubon which apparently points, as in the case of the 

 Oyster-catcher to a wider range in former times for this species, as 

 it is now rarely found north of New Brunswick on the eastern American 

 coast although it is reported as a summer migrant to Newfoundland. 



Asio magellanicus heterocnemis Oberholser. 

 Labrador Horned Owl. 



Common permanent resident. 



Oberholser's Labrador form of the Horned Owl seems to be so 

 distinct that we have recognized it here. Previously considerable 

 confusion existed as to the status of this bird in Labrador, and it has 

 been reported under the head of Bubo virginianus, B. virginianus 

 saturatus, and B. virginianus pacificus. 



Stearns states that it is not rare about the Esquimaux River in 

 southern Labrador; Macoun reports a skin and two eggs taken on 

 May 1, 1896, at Sandwich Bay by W. Raine. Coues reports a single 

 bird seen at Rigolet. Low says it is "common about Northwest 

 River during winter. Common in the interior." Norton records a 

 bird in juvenal plumage taken at Cullingham's Cove, Hamilton Inlet, 

 on August 1st. Spreadborough saw none while crossing Ungava. 

 Packard says it is a resident and not rare at Fort Chimo. Downy 

 young were obtained there on June 20, 1884. 



