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 SYRNIUM Sanigny. 



173. Northern Spotted Owl. 



Syrnium ocoidentale eaurinum (Mbrbiam). 



Rare resident at Chilliwhack and Mount Lehman {Brooks.) The late 

 John Fannin had this bird on his first list of B. C. birds, he having taken it 

 at Burrard Inlet some years ago, but in his lists of 1891 and 1898 he 

 dropped it. 



SOOTIAPTEX SwAiNsoN. 



174. Great Grey Owl. 



Saotiaptex nehulosa (Forstbr). 



A rare bird in this Province ; it has been taken at Vernon and Stewart's 

 Lake. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. 



ORYPTOGLAUX Richmond. 



175. Richardson's Owl. 



Cryptoglaux tengmalmi richardsoni (Bonaparte). 

 Taken at Okanagan by A. C. Brooks. 



176. Saw- whet Owl. 



Cryptoglaux acadica (Gmel.). 



Not common on Vancouver Island ; several have been taken near this 

 city. Tolerably at Chilliwhack and common in winter at Okanagan. 

 (Brooks.) 



176a. North-West Saw- whet Owl. 



Cryptoglaux acadica scotma (Osgood). 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. 



MEGASOOPS Kaup. 



177. Kennicott's Screech Owl. 



Megascops asio kennicoitii (Elliot). 



An abundant resident throughout the Province. Breeds in the neighbour- 

 hood of Victoria. 



178. Macfarlane's Screech Owl. 



Megascops dsio macfarlanei (Brewst.). 

 Southern portion of the Province, east of Cascade Mountains. 



