54 -4 NATURALIST IN THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 



54. NYCTALE TENGMALMI var. RICHARDSONII, {Bp ) Ridge. 

 (Richardson's Owl.) 



Mr. Whalen showed me a specimen which he had killed 

 in June, and stated that he had seen three more this year. 

 I found it quite common at House Harbor, where I shot one 

 specimen and heard several others. 



Mr. William Perham showed me an egg of this species 

 which he had taken on June 14 at House Harbor. The nest 

 was a hole in a dead birch, and contained an addled egg, and 

 four young birds nearly able to fly. The young were much 

 darker than the old birds, both of which were procured. 

 The egg, which is now in my collection, measures 1.6 inches 

 in length by 1.25 in breadth. It is of a creamy white color. 



55. NYCTALE ACADICA, {Cm.) Bp. 

 (Arcadian Owl.) 



On July 30 I shot a single specimen of this little Owl on 

 Bird Rock. It was a young bird, and had the brown mark- 

 ings and white face which once was supposed to represent 



