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.