. Catalogue of Canadian birds [microform] : part II, birds of prey, woodpeckers, fly-catchers, crows, jays and blackbirds, including the following orders : raptores, coccyges, pici, macrochires, and part of the passeres. Birds; Birds of prey; Oiseaux; Rapaces. CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 271 1891. {Favni,,:) Rare at Chilliwack ; most probably breeds- Breedino should not say that this owl was in "Reat abundance" in the Anderson region, as inadve tent' s a ed on page 33, Vol. III. of the Land Blfds. We certainly ob- e erred toLtT ''"'"""' ""' &q
. Catalogue of Canadian birds [microform] : part II, birds of prey, woodpeckers, fly-catchers, crows, jays and blackbirds, including the following orders : raptores, coccyges, pici, macrochires, and part of the passeres. Birds; Birds of prey; Oiseaux; Rapaces. CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 271 1891. {Favni,,:) Rare at Chilliwack ; most probably breeds- Breedino should not say that this owl was in "Reat abundance" in the Anderson region, as inadve tent' s a ed on page 33, Vol. III. of the Land Blfds. We certainly ob- e erred toLtT ''"'"""' ""' "^' '^^"'"' "^"^ "-â "-^' ^hat Lockh t r' 'â T"" ^""''^''P'^^ "" ^he 19th July, 1862. near Lockhart , on the route to Fort Good Hope. It was built i;jo?r''"'''V''""^'^^^" ^^^-^^-"ty feet, and com- posed of and mosses thinly lined with feathers and down ll7 rr f ^''"f/'"'' '^"° y«"%^both of which had lately The female left the nest at our approach and flew to another tree at some distance, where she wai shot. (M^c/arLl^ During the winter of ,895-96 Mr. Dippie and myself receiyed ..er a do^en of these birds in the flesh that were shot in Alberta V\c also .eceived about 50 American hawk owls in the flesh that ame Settlers informed me that the whole of Albe swarmed owls and they remained until April when a .-grated north except one pair of great grey ow s whic remamed and nested in the Red Deer Riyer district. ancTM secured the eggs along with the parent which is probably he only record of this bird eyer nesting as far its^summe^ home ,s along Great Bear Lake and northvyard. It breeds at the mouth of the Riyer, Arctic America, making n to ^.cks and weeds ,n the highest spruce trees it can find. (Iv. MUSEUM SPECIMENS. Two fine specimens. Both were procured at Toronto, Ont., by Ml. b. Herring. ⢠370rt. Lapp O
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