Family BUBONIDae. Horned Owls, etc.
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171. AMERICAN LONG-EARED OWL.
_Asio wilsonia.n.u.s_ (Less.).
Not common; a few have been taken on Vancouver Island. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan.
172. SHORT-EARED OWL.
_Asio accipitrinus_ (Pall.).
Common throughout the Province, on Island and Mainland; rather common near Victoria throughout the winter.
SYRNIUM Sanigny.
173. NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL.
_Syrnium occidentale caurinum_ (Merriam).
Rare resident at Chilliwhack and Mount Lehman (_Brooks_.) The late John Fannin had this bird on his first list of B. C. birds, he having taken it at Burrard Inlet some years ago, but in his lists of 1891 and 1898 he dropped it.
SCOTIAPTEX Swainson.
174. GREAT GREY OWL.
_Scotiaptex nebulosa_ (Forster).
A rare bird in this Province; it has been taken at Vernon and Stewart"s Lake. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack.
CRYPTOGLAUX Richmond.
175. RICHARDSON"S OWL.
_Cryptoglaux tengmalmi richardsoni_ (Bonaparte).
Taken at Okanagan by A. C. Brooks.
176. SAW-WHET OWL.
_Cryptoglaux acadica_ (Gmel.).
Not common on Vancouver Island; several have been taken near this city. Tolerably at Chilliwhack and common in winter at Okanagan.
(_Brooks_.)
176A. NORTH-WEST SAW-WHET OWL.
_Cryptoglaux acadica scotaea_ (Osgood).
Queen Charlotte Islands.
MEGASCOPS Kaup.
177. KENNICOTT"S SCREECH OWL.
_Megascops asio kennicottii_ (Elliot).
An abundant resident throughout the Province. Breeds in the neighbourhood of Victoria.
178. MACFARLANE"S SCREECH OWL.
_Megascops asio macfarlanei_ (Brewst.).
Southern portion of the Province, east of Cascade Mountains.
BUBO Dumeril.
179. GREAT HORNED OWL.
_Bubo virginia.n.u.s_ (Gmel.).
Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks, and near Victoria by John Hall, November, 1896.
180. WESTERN HORNED OWL.
_Bubo virginia.n.u.s pallescens_ (Stone).
Common on Vancouver Island and Mainland. Taken at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. (_Brooks_.)
181. ARCTIC HORNED OWL.
_Bubo virginia.n.u.s arcticus_ (Swains.).
One specimen taken near Victoria, November, 1896, by A. H. Maynard, and at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks.
182. DUSKY HORNED OWL.
_Bubo virginia.n.u.s saturatus_ (Ridgw.).
An abundant resident in this Province; common on Vancouver Island.
Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan.
NYCTEA Stephens.
183. SNOWY OWL.
_Nyctea nyctea_ (Linn.).