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Capt. Blakiston on the Birds of the 
Institution, from Red River Settlement, by Mr. Donald Gunn, 
an influential settler in that isolated colony; and Mr. Bernard 
Ross has found it on the Mackenzie. 
Brachyotus cassinii. 
The ‘ Fauna Bor.-Am/ also gives the Short-eared Owl in the 
fur-countries, up to 67° north. Mr. Murray notes a specimen 
from the woody district between Hudson’s Bay and Lake 
Winipeg; I have seen it from the coast of Hudson’s Bay, and 
Mr. Bernard Ross gives it from Mackenzie River. 
Syrnium cinereum. 
The Great Grey Owl, a northern species, is identified as be¬ 
longing to the interior of British North America by a specimen 
in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, from Red River 
Settlement; one mentioned in the ‘ Fauna Bor.-Am.,’ from Great 
Bear Lake; and two which I received from the Rev. J. P. Gar¬ 
diner, a missionary resident at York Factory, Hudson’s Bay. 
Syrnium nebulosum. 
The Barred Owl, an Eastern American bird, was described by 
Forster from a specimen from Hudson’s Bay; it is recorded also 
as having been lately found in California. 
Nyctale richardsoni. 
This species, the Sparrow-Owl, was figured and described 
under the name of Strix tengmalmi in the ‘ Fauna Bor.-Am.,’ 
from the forks of the Saskatchawan. It has been found breeding 
on the Mackenzie by Mr. Ross. 
N. albifrons, from the localities in which it has been taken, 
will possibly be found in the region treated of in this paper; as 
well as Athene hypogcea , of which a specimen has been obtained 
at Fort Benton, on the Upper Missouri. I have inserted 
these names only to draw the attention of naturalists who may 
at a future time more fully explore the little-known (in an orni¬ 
thological sense) British Indian territory lying to the west of 
Canada. 
17. Nyctea niyea. 
The Common Snowy Owl ( f Ibis,’ vol. iii. p. 320) is known to 
the fur-traders and voyageurs of the North by its partiality for 
