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whenever they came near the nest, but Bayley tells me that the 

 hawks have been with the herons for several years. Later I 

 was told of several former colonies, and in each case a fish- 

 hawk nested among the herons. (C. R. Harte) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Four ; these were taken at Billings Bridge, near Ottawa, Ont., 

 at Toronto, and in British Columbia. 



A set of three eggs taken at Portland Lake, near Halifax, 

 Nova Scotia, June 14th, 1895 > ^^^° °°^ taken by A. P. Low on 

 the Upper Hamilton River, Ungava, June loth, 1894. 



Family XXIX. STRIGID^. Barn Owls. 

 CXXXL STRIX Linn^us. 1758. 



365. American Barn OwL 



Strix pratincola Bonap. 1838. 

 Apparently rare in Newfoundland, only one specimen taken. 

 (Reeks.) In May, 1882, a specimen was killed by young Mr. Reid, 

 gardener, York St., Hamilton, and in the fall of the same year 

 another was found in an empty out-house near the canal leading 

 to Dundas. Dr. Gamier of Lucknow, Ont., saw one some years 

 ago ; and Mr. C. J. Brampton of Sault Ste. Marie reports having 

 seen two at that place. (Mcl/wraitk.) A specimen was captured 

 alive^on a coal dock near the bay-front, Toronto, on September 

 7th, 1899. The bird soon died and proved to be a male. This is 

 the only Toronto record of which I am aware. {/. H. Fleming in 

 The Auk, Vol. XVII., 177.) In the Bryant collection in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology there is an American barn owl 

 taken by Mr. Louis Cabot at Long Point, Ontario, early in Nov- 

 ember, 1899. The specimen (No. 1482) was secured for the col- 

 lection by Mr. H. B. Bigelow. (Reginald Heber Howe^jr., in The 

 Auk, Vol. XIX., p. 79.) 



Family XXX. BUBONIDiE. Horned Owls, &c. 

 CXXXII. ASIO Brisson. 1760. 



366. American Long-eared OwL 



Asia wilsonianus (Less.) Coues. 1882. 



This species, like most of the owls, is so retiring in its habits 

 that their absence from a district is more apparent than real. On 



