Birds "within Ten Miles of Point 
de Monts, Can, Ooxueau & Merriant 
62. Nyctea scandiaca. Snowy Owl. — Very irregular in appear- 
ance; sometimes very abundant in winter, and sometimes not seen foi 
several years. Mr. Comeau shot one May 17, 1882, and Mr. Gregoire 
Labrie killed one May 31, 18S0. These are the latest dates at which 
they have been seen in this section. 
Bull. N. O.O, 7,Oot, 1882, p,237 
UNUSUAL ABUNDANCE OF THE SNOWY OWL 
(. NYCTEA NYCTEA) IN NEW ENGLAND 
AND CANADA. 
BY EUTHVEN DEANE. 
Under a somewhat similar title I published a short article in 
the ‘Bulletin' of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 1 in January, 
1877. For two months prior to that date there had been a large 
migration of these owls through various parts of New England, 
though largely restricted to the seacoast. I have received infor- 
mation from different localities that another large incursion of 
Snowy Owls appeared this past winter, though the migration com- 
menced considerably earlier than usual, the first being seen in 
October. While these owls are not regarded as rare visitors to 
1 Bulletin Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. II, No. 1, 1877. 
fishermen have been living on them.” 
Nova Scotia. 
Mr. Harry Piers of Halifax, N. S., advises me under date of 
March 21, 1902, that the Snowy Owls had not been reported as 
abundant around Halifax, and he had known of only about ten 
specimens having been received by the taxidermists. 
New Brunswick. 
Mr. George Y. Dalzell, keeper of the Swallowtail Light Station 
at Grand Manan, N. B., writes me under date of February 22, 
