CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 2/5 



After hunting and watching for some years, in December, 1902, 1 

 obtained my first specimen of this owl, taken at Ottawa, Ont.; it 

 was in the gray or normal phase, and in fine plumage. {G.R.White.) 

 In the same month a fine specimen was taken by Mr. Young, at 

 Hurdman's Bridge, near Ottawa, and another was seen sitting in 

 a tree on Daly Avenue, Ottawa, in open day. 



This is the most abundant of the owls in the vicinity of Hamil- 

 ton, and as many as forty were seen during the winter of 1883-4; 

 in 1885-6 not a single individual was seen. {Mcllwraith.) Rare 

 at Emsdale; Mr. Hay reports it as resident at Port Sydney, Mus- 

 koka and Parry Sound districts ; breeds about Toronto in limited 

 numbers. (/. H. Fleming.) A fairly common resident in the 

 London district, but only occasionally noted in Bruce Co., Ont. 

 {W.E. Saunders.) Mr. Hunter claims the screech owl for Man- 

 itoba saying : " I saw a pair at Sabaskong Bay, Lake of the Woods, 

 and in 1871 heard them at Point du Chene." {Thompson-Seton.) 

 The writer reported this species from near Fort Pelly, Manitoba, 

 but discovered later that it was the Acadian owl. 



Breeding Notes. — One of the owls that is becoming more 

 numerous than formerly, and breeding in suitable woodlands in 

 eastern Ontario. I both hear of and have seen it on Wolfe Island, 

 and have seen the young near Lansdowne. It is a common thing 

 to hear it at night in the fall. {Rev. C. J. Young) Well dis- 

 tributed in the London district ; breeds in cavities in trees. 

 {W. E. Saunders.) 



museum specimens. 



Three ; two procured in Toronto, Ont., by S. Herring, in 1885 ; 

 one taken at Ottawa and presented to our museum by Mr. 

 Young. 



One set of three eggs, taken at Scarborough Heights, east of 

 Toronto, by W. Raine, April 28th, 1898. Eggs laid in old wood- 

 pecker's hole in a decayed pine 25 feet from the ground. 



Bizd. Kennicott's Screech Owl. 



Megascops asio kennicottii i^iZAOT) Stejn. 1885. 



The type of this bird in the tawny brown phase, was taken at 

 Sitka and described by D. T. Elliott. Within the last few years 

 we have learned that it extends down the northwest coast from 

 Sitka te Oregon. {Nelson.) I obtained a male from Mr. Lindley 

 of Victoria, B.C. {Rhoads) 



