The Snowy Owl ( Nyctea nyctea) not generally Abundant in the Win- 
ter of 1906-1907. — I think there has been no record showing an unusual 
abundance of this species for two consecutive years, and our experience 
shows that there is a lapse of from five to ten years between these notice- 
able invasions. In the winter of 1905-1906, we had an unusual abundance 
scattered over the country, but the present season has been devoid of 
any remarkable flight south into the United States, though in Manitoba 
they are reported as abundant as last year. In many sections of the 
Provinces, New England, and the Middle West, my correspondents who 
received numbers last winter, have had but few this season, and in some 
instances none. 
The following eleven specimens received by Angell and Cash, taxider- 
mists, Providence, R. I., will be of interest as they record complete data. 
They were received between November 3, 1906, and February 12, 1907. 
Nov. 3, d\ Newport, R. I. 
“ 5, Hope Island, Narragansett Bay, R. I. 1 
“ 12, $ , Fisher’s Island, N. Y. 
“ 15, 9 , Monomoy Island, Mass. 
“ 15, 9 , New London, Conn. 2 
“ 19, c?, Monomoy Island, Mass. 
“ 21, <?, Block Island, R. I. 
“ 28, c?, Seaconnet Point, R. I. 
“ 28, 9 , New London, Conn. 3 
“ 30, S', Norwich, Conn. 
Feb. 12, 9 , Fisher’s Island, N. Y. 
•Contents of stomach, a gray rat, head digested, otherwise whole. 
2 Contents of stomach, rat fur and bone pellets. 
3 Contents of stomach, dark flesh and feathers of Black Duck. 
° ** to BidMll pcvtuuo Align I/O. 
The only place that I know of where white birds are at all common is the 
Canadian Northwest, and it therefore looks as if it was from thence that 
these birds came, via my ‘Hyperlaken Route.’” 
Mr. J. D. Allen, taxidermist, Mandan, No. Dak., writes under date of 
March 11, 1907: “The Snowy Owls have not been as abundant in this 
vicinity during the present winter, as they were a year ago. About 
twenty specimens have been sent to me, while last winter I received 
about thirty.” Mr. Allen also states that some years ago there was a 
most remarkable flight of these owls throughout the State and that he 
secured over five hundred specimens, and the following year over three 
hundred and fifty. Since that time they have averaged from ten to 
forty during the winter season. 
I am very much indebted to those who have kindly communicated 
their observations and should be glad to receive further records from any 
who may have observed this species within the past few months. — Ruthven 
Deane, Chicago, III. Auk, 24, Apr. , 1907,p, Z'7-A'f, 
