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 scotæa_ (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 virginianus_ (Gmel.). Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks, and near Victoria by John Hall, November, 1896. 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 specimen 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 Vancouver Island. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it rare at Metlakahtla. SURNIA Duméril. 184. American Hawk Owl. _Surnia ulula caparoch_ (Mull.). Not common, but found throughout the southern part of the Province from the Coast to Okanagan. Rare on Vancouver Island. It has been taken at Victoria, Sardis, Grand Prairie and Vernon. SPEOTYTO Gloger. 185. Burrowing Owl. _Speotyto cunicularia hypogæa_ (Bonap.). Not common, but is found in suitable localities in the southern portions of the Province from Chilliwhack to Okanagan. Mr. Brooks has taken three specimens at Chilliwhack. Rare at Vernon. (_E. P. Venables_.) GLAUCIDIUM Boie. 186. Pygmy Owl. _Glaucidium gnoma_ (Wagl.). Common throughout the Province. (_Fannin_.)