276 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



373A. Macfarlane's Screech Owl. 



Megascops asio fnacfaHanei BrEWst. 1891. 



Southern portion of the mainland of British Columbia east of 

 the Coast Range. (^Fannin!) A specimen seen at Sicamous, B.C., 

 July i6th, 1889, is referred here. {Macoun.) 



3 7 3 A. pBget Souud Screech Owl. 



Megascops asio saturatus Brewst. 



Vancouver Island and coast of southern British Columbia ; 

 breeds in the neighbourhood of Victoria. (Fanning Common 

 resident in the Lower Fraser valley. {Brooks^ Common in the 

 woods around Chilliwack Lake, B.C., July and August, 1891 ; a 

 common resident throughout Vancouver Island. {Spfeadborougk) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two specimens taken at Victoria, Vancouver Island, February 

 2nd, 1890, by W. Spreaciborough. 



One set of three eggs taken on Vancouver Island by Rev. 

 G. W. Taylor in 1886. 



CXXXVII. BUBO DuMERiL. 1806. 

 375. Great Horned Owl. 



Bubo virginianus (GmEL.) Bonap. 1838. 



Summer resident in Newfoundland and breeds. {Reeks.) 

 Common on the Humber River, Newfoundland. (Z, H. Porter.) 

 Abundant throughout the year in Nova Scotia. {Downs.) Both 

 breeds and winters in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island. 

 {Gilpin.) A common resident in New Brunswick. {Chamberlain^ 

 Several young observed in the Restigouche valley, N.B. {Brittain 

 & Cox.) Permanent resident; rare at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. 

 {W.H.Moore.) Once seen and frequently heard, Cumberland 

 Co., Nova Scotia, winter of 1897-98. {Morrell.) Fort Churchill, 

 Hudson Bay. {Clarke) Taken at Beauport ; a resident in Que- 

 bec. {Dionnei) A common, permanent, resident at Montreal. I 

 saw two of these owls October i8th, 1885, in woods- at St. Mar- 

 tin's Junction, and two others the next year in the same place- In 

 both cases they were mobbed by crows. Many specimens are 

 taken in the vicinity. {Wintle.) Two individuals observed on 

 Moose River, northern Ontario, June 2nd, 1896. None seen 



