BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 53 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. — Tolerably common resi- 

 "dent. 



[Mr. B. W. Evermann, of Santa Paula, informed me 

 February 16, 1881, that the species was then breeding 

 there.] 



Henshaw, 1879. Often heard in the mountains where 

 it is resident. Two individuals of the many seen were 

 •obtained in the Cascade Mountains. They represent 

 the common interior type. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — Several specimens taken 

 at different seasons are referable to var. ardicus, while 

 differing in coloration. 



Brewster. (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, October, 1882.)— 

 At Fort Walla Walla, during the autumn of 1881, Cap- 

 tain Bendire secured no less than fourteen specimens of 

 which twelve are now before me. In a general way these 

 are referable as follows: Eight to saturatus; two to sub- 

 arcticus, and two to a form apparently about intermedi- 

 ate between these races. 



Ridgway. Found by us in all wooded districts except- 

 ing the Sacramento valley. Near Pyramid Lake it was 

 abundant in December. It was also common near 

 Carson. Nest and three eggs (of subarcticus) , April 21. 



55. Bubo virginianus saturatus Ridgw. Dusky Horned 



Owl. 



56. Nyctea nyctea (Linn.) Snowy Owl. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — Rare winter resi- 

 dent. 



Brewster. (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vol. vii.) — Walla 

 Walla; collected by Captain Bendire. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. — Occasionally 

 killed in winter by hunters. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — Rare winter visitor. 



