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Asio wilsonianus (Less.). Long-eared Owl. 



Thompson, quoting Hutchins's manuscript, saj^s that this species was 

 found at Severn Settlement, presumably Fort Severn, where Hutchins 

 resided.'* 



Asio accipitriniis (Pall.). Short-eared Owl. 



Rather common and quite generally distributed throughout the 

 region wherever favorable ground occurs. One was seen at Beacon 

 Point, near York Factory, Julj' 13, and two were taken at Fort 

 Churchill. One was seen on the Barren Grounds south of Cape 

 Eskimo August 4, and one at Oxford House September 10. 



Murray recorded the species from Trout Lake Station, ^ and Bell 

 from York Factory and Fort Churchill.'' The catalogue of birds in 

 the U. S. National Museum collection contains the record of one taken 

 at Moose Factor}' in 18S1 by Walton Ha3^don. 



Syrnium varium (Barton).'^ Barred Owl. 



Strix varius Bwcton, Frag. Nat. Hist. Penua., p. 11, 1799. 



Syrnium nebulosum authors (not Stri.r nehulosa Yorster, Phil. Trans., LXII, pp. 

 386, 424, 1772, which is hased on the great gray owl. 



Several specimens of the barred owl taken at Moose Factory are 

 recorded in the catalogue of birds in the U. S. National Museum. 

 Nutting records the species from Chemawawin, Saskatchewan." 



Scotiaptex nebulosum (Forst.). Great Gray Owl. 



Strix nebulom Forst., Trans. Phil. Soc. London, LXII, pp. 386, 424, 1772. 



(Severn River.) 

 jSfr7'.i- cinerea Gmel., Sy sterna Naturae, I, p. 291, 1788; and of authors. 



Forster based the name Sirix nebulosa on a specimen of the great 

 gray owl sent hy Mr. Graham from Severn River, Hudson Bay.-^ His 

 description, in part, is as follows: 



Strix capite Itevi, corpore fusco, albido undulatim striat(j, remige sexto longiore 

 apice, nigricante. 



Description. — Rostrum fusco flavum, mandibula superius magis flava. 



Oculi- magna iridibus flavis. * * * 



Pectus albidum maculis longitudinalibus transversisque fuscis. 



Abdomen album superius uti pectus maculis longitudinalibus sed inferiu.s striis trans- 

 versis notatum. 



Latitude pedum quattuor. 



aProc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, p. 540, 1890. 



("Edin. New Phil. Journ. (new aer.), IX, p. 222, 1859. 



«Rept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1878-79, App. VI, p. 67c (1880). 



d Strix nebulosa Forster plainly having been based on the great gray owl, the 

 name Strix varius Barton seems to be the next name available for the barred owl 

 The barred owls will, therefore, sta,nd as follows: 



Syrnium varium (Barton), Frag. Nat. Hist. Penna., p. 11, 1799. 



Syrnium varium alleni (Ridgw.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, p. 8, March, 1880. 



Syrnium varium helveolum (Bangs), Auk, XVIII, p. 299, 1901. 



e Nat. Hist. Bull. Univ. Iowa, II, p. 270, 1893. 



/The fact that Forster' s description of Strix nebulosa refers to the great gray owl 

 was brought to my attention by Mr. B. Ridgway. 



