282 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



One specimen taken by Mr. James McEvoy at Lillooet, west of 

 Spence's Bridge, B.C. 



CXXXVIII.^ NYCTEA Stephens. 1826. 



376. Snowy Owl. 



Nyctea nyctea (Linn.) Licht. 1854. 



Very common in Greenland in summer ; more numerous in the 

 northern Inspectorate than in the southern. Found also on the 

 eastern coast and extends westward to Liddon Island and Mel- 

 ville Island, Lat. 75°. {Arct. Man.) A rare winter visitor 

 at Ivigtut, Greenland. {Hagerup.) Common throughout the 

 country. Breeds at Fort Chimo,Ungava. {Packard.) Tolerably 

 common and probably resides all the year in Newfoundland. 

 {Reeks.) Some years plentiful and others scarce in Nova Scotia, 

 seen only in winter. {Downs.) A common and often an abun- 

 dant winter resident ; seen on Sable Island, N.S., in August, 1854. 

 {Gilpin.) A winter visitor at St. John, N.B. ; reported as occa- 

 sionally spending the summer. {Ckamder/ain.) Winter visitor ; 

 rare at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W. H. Moore) Taken at 

 Beauport ; a winter visitant at Quebec. {Dionne.) Winter 

 visitor at Montreal ; some years it is scarce and others more 

 plentiful. In the winter of 1891-92 I saw exposed for sale at one 

 time in Bonsecours market five females and two males. {Wintle.) 

 A winter visitor in the Ottawa district. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. 

 V.) An irregular winter visitor in Ontario, sometimes appearing 

 in considerable numbers and again being entirely absent. {Mcll- 

 wraith.) This owl is found in both the Parry Sound and Muskoka 

 districts in winter, but is not common, except in years of unusual 

 migrations. A regular migrant at Toronto, very large numbers 

 have appeared about the city at irregular intervals ; 1889 was the 

 last. (/. H. Fleming.) The snowy owl is commonly met with 

 in the fall and winter in eastern Ontario and has been shot at 

 Long Point, Wolfe Island, near Kingston. {Rev. J. C. Young.) 

 A tolerably common winter resident in Manitoba. It arrives 

 early in autumn and leaves in April. {Thompson- Seton.) Abun- 

 dant from Norway House to Hudson Bay in winter. {Dr. R. Bell.) 

 One seen April ist and the last on April 20th at Indian Head, 

 Assa., in 1892. {Spreadborougk.) This highly beautiful and 



