180. WESTERN HORNED OWL.

_Bubo virginianus pallescens_ (Stone).

Common on Vancouver Island and Mainland. Taken at Chilliwhack and
Okanagan. (_Brooks_.)

181. ARCTIC HORNED OWL.

_Bubo virginianus arcticus_ (Swains.).

One speciman taken near Victoria, November, 1896, by A. H. Maynard,
and at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks.

182. DUSKY HORNED OWL.

_Bubo virginianus 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.).

A resident in the northern portions of the Province, south in winter
to mouth of Fraser River, Chilliwhack and Okanagan, occasionally to