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Cryptoglaux acadica (Gmel.). 
Saw-whet Owl. 
Rare summer resident. 
The only record is that of a specimen reported by Low as shot near 
Lake Mistassini.J|Jt probably breeds. 
Megascops asio (Linn.). 
Screech Owl. 
Audubon (’ 39 , p. 392) states explicitly that this species “is. . . .met 
with abundantly in. . . .Labrador, where I procured it.” It does not 
seem possible that he could have mistaken the Hawk Owl or any other 
small owl for this species especially as he “procured it.” No other 
ornithologist has met with it in Labrador, yet we cannot disregard 
this record of Audubon which apparently points, as in the ease of the 
Oyster-catcher to a wider range in former times for this species, as 
it is now rarely found north of New Brunswick on the eastern American 
coast although it is reported as a summer migrant to Newfoundland. 
Asio magellanicus heterocnemis Oberholser. 
Labrador Horned Owl. 
Common permanent resident. 
Oberholser’s Labrador form of the Horned Owl seems to be so 
distinct that we have recognized it here. Previously considerable 
confusion existed as to the status of this bird in Labrador, and it has 
been reported under the head of Bubo virginianus, B. virginianus 
saturatus, and B. virginianus pad ficus. 
Stearns states that it is not rare about the Esquimaux River in 
southern Labrador; Macoun reports a skin and two eggs taken on 
May 1, 1896, at Sandwich Bay by W. Raine. Coues reports a single 
bird seen at Rigolet. Low says it is “common about Northwest 
River during winter. Common in the interior.” Norton records a 
bird in juvenal plumage taken at Cullingham’s Cove, Hamilton Inlet, 
on August 1st. Spreadborough saw none while crossing Ungava. 
Packard says it is a resident and not rare at Fort Chimo. Downy 
young were obtained there on June 20, 1884. 
