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BUBO DUMERIL. 



179. Great Horned Owl. 



Btiibo virginianus (Gmel.). 



Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks, and near Victoria by John Hall, 

 November, 1896. 



180. Western Horned Owl. 



Bubo virginianus pallescens (Stone). 



Common on Vancouver Island and Mainland. Taken at Chilliwhack and 

 Okanagan. (Brooks.) 



181. Arctic Horned Owl. 



Bubo virginianus arcticus (Swains.). 



One speciman taken near Victoria, November, 1896, by A. H. Maynard, 

 and at Chilliwhack by A. O. Brooks. 



182. Dusky Horned Owl. 



Bubo virginianus saturatus (Ridgw.). 



An abundant resident in this Province ; common on Vancouver Island. 

 Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



NYOTEA Stephens. 



183. Snowy Owl. 



Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). 



A resident in the northern portions of the Province, south in winter to 

 mouth of Fraser River, Chilliwhack and Okanagan, occasionally to Vancouver 

 Island. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it rare at Metlakahtla. 



SURNIA DumjSeil. 



184. American Hawk Owl 



Surnia ulula caparoch (Mull.). 



Not common, but found throughout the southern part of the Province 

 from the Coast to Okanagan. Rare on Vancouver Island. It has been 

 taken at Victoria, Sardis, Grand Prairie and Vernon. 



SPEOTYTO Glogek. 



185. Burrowing Owl. 



Speotyto cunicularia hypogma (Bonap.). 



Not common, but is found in suitable localities in the southern portions of 

 the Province from Chilliwhack to Okanagan. Mr. Brooks has taken three 

 specimens at Chilliwhack. Rare at Vernon. {E. P. Venables.) 



