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Bay. No record from any other part of the country. {Packard) 

 One seen on the Humber River, Newfoundland, August 28th, 1899. 

 (Z. H. Porter.) A specimen taken a few years ago in Pictou Co., 

 Nova Scotia, is the only one known except one in the collection of 

 the late Dr. McCuUoch. {Gilpin.) Occurs in winter at Grand 

 Manan, New Brunswick. {Herrick) Taken at Lorrette; resident 

 in northern Quebec. {Dionne.) A scarce winter visitant at Mont- 

 real. During the winter of 1889-90 this owl appeared at Montreal 

 in great numbers and many specimens were taken. {Wintle.) A 

 rare winter visitor at Ottawa. Only one secured in ten years. {G. 

 R. White.) In southern Ontario this species is a casual visitor in 

 winter only. I have seen specimens taken in Muskoka and at 

 Hamilton. {Mcllwraith.) Sometimes abundant in the Parry 

 Sound and Muskoka districts in winter. Occurs irregularly 

 about Toronto, Ont.; it sometimes appears in southern Ontario 

 in numbers, but is usually absent, such migrations are rare, the 

 last one at Toronto was about 188^. (/. H. Fleming.) On 28th 

 February, 1896, a specimen was taken on Toronto island. In Dec- 

 ember, i8g8, I saw one, taken at Whitney, on the Parry Sound 

 Railway, and I was shown two fine specimens which were taken 

 at Scotia Junction, on the same railway the preceding year. {J. 

 Hughes- Samuel. ) 



Rare winter visitor in Manitoba. Found chiefly along the Red 

 River and at Lake Winnipeg. ^ {Thompson- Seton.) This imposing 

 bird which was first described from Hudson Bay is by no means 

 a rare bird in the Northwest Territories, being an inhabitant of 

 all the wooded districts lying between Lake Superior and Lat. 

 67° or 68°, and between Hudson Bay and the Pacific. It is com- 

 mon on the borders of Great Bear Lake ; and there and in the 

 higher parallels of latitude must pursue its prey during the 

 summer months by daylight. It keeps, however, within the 

 woods and does not frequent the barren grounds like the snowy 

 owl. {Richardson.) This fine owl is a common and well known 

 resident throughout all the wooded parts of Alaska from Sitka 

 north to the northern tree limit, and from the vicinity of Behring 

 Straits throughout the territory. {Nelson.) This species is a 

 resident of the Yukon valley and was obtained on the coast at 

 Uphim Slough, the northern part of the Yukon Delta. {Turner.) A 

 rare species ; shot at.Sumas only. {Lord.) A rare species ; I 

 have one specimen taken at Chilliwack, B.C., in November, 1887; 

 and another that was taken at Stewart's Lake, B.C., Lat. 54°, 



