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Oberholser describes this form as considerably larger than virgin- 

 ianus and darker; grayish and blackish tints predominate over rufous 

 ones. It differs from saturatus in having a larger bill; posterior 

 lower parts paler; feet lighter colored and less heavily spotted; upper 

 parts with usually less ochraceous. He gives the distribution as 

 "Labrador, including at least the north coast of the Territory of 

 Ungava." He has examined specimens from Okkak, Makkovik, 

 Hopedale, Turnavik, Lance au Loup, Fort Nascopee, Fort Chimo, 

 and near Forks. 



We obtained a very good skin from the Eskimos at Hopedale. The 

 Moravians said it must have been shot near there sometime during 

 the previous winter. The measurements are: wing, 380 mm.; tail, 

 225 mm.; exposed culmen, 43 mm. ; culmen without the cere, 31 mm. 

 The measurements are those of a female of this race and the coloring 

 is characteristic. 



[Bubo virginianus, B. v. saturatus, B. v. pacificus. See Asio magellanicus 

 heterocnemis.] 



Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). 

 Snowy Owl. 



Not common permanent resident. 



The Snowy Owl occurs apparently only in winter on the southern 

 coast but breeds in the northern parts. Stearns found it not rare in 

 winter all along the southern coast "to Red Bay, at least." He speaks 

 of a single bird that stayed about Old Fort Island all winter and could 

 not be stalked. He says that the Indians hunt this owl in pairs, one 

 Indian going in one direction and attracting the bird's attention, 

 while the other crawls up to shoot it. Packard says it is common 

 and breeds at Fort Chimo. Bendire mentions eggs in the National 

 museum from Labrador. 



Mr. W. B. Cabot, who has made a number of trips into the interior 

 of Labrador, tells us he has only once seen this bird. Mr. Schmitt 

 of Nain told us that the Snowy Owl breeds in that vicinity. Low ('06) 

 records that "at Cape Dufferin on the east side of Hudson Bay, 

 upwards of thirty of these birds were caught by placing fox traps on 

 the top of short poles, at intervals along the coast, during the southern 

 migration of the birds in October, 1901." At Dead Island on July 

 26th, we found the dried and disintegrated body of a Snowy Owl. 



