Scotiaptex nebulosa (Forster), Gkeat Gray Owl. Breeding records 
of this species are rare enough to make note of a bird recently received 
by the Museum. It is a young bird just changing from the natal down 
into the juvenal and first winter plumages. Patches of the former 
remain on all parts of the body but interspersed freely with the latter 
two. The natal down plumage is dull brown, made hoary by the 
lighter tips to the feathers. The underparts, wings, back of the neck and 
facial disk are barred with yellowish gray. The juvenal plumage includes 
the large flight and tail feathers which are as in first winter coloration. 
The remainder of the plumage is heavily barred with an ochraceous gray 
more yellow on the back of the neck and shoulders than elsewhere. The 
bars average about half an inch wide and the same distance apart. The 
first winter plumage shows but here and there in small patches and is about 
as generally seen in winter specimens. 
The large wing and tail feathers are well formed and the bird was evi- 
dently capable of short flights. However it had not left the nest long nor 
was it able to fend for itself. Another in like plumage was taken at the 
same time so the brood had evidently not separated and I think we are 
justified in concluding that the nesting site was not far distant from the 
place of capture. 
These birds were killed July 31, 1911, in the township of Chisholm, 
Nipissing District, Ont., by Mayor Kelly of Powassan, Ont. Chisholm 
township lies about five miles east of the extreme eastern corner of 
Lake Nipissing, extending south and east from that point. — P. A. 
Taverner, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Ont. / 
