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.