Family BUBONIDÆ. Horned Owls, etc.

ASIO Brisson.

171. AMERICAN LONG-EARED OWL.

Asio wilsonianus (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.