Little Boreal Owl--Cryptoglaux funerea (Linnaeus).

Mr. J B. Langston has one mounted specimen; this bird was found
dead in winter near Smithers

Saw-whet Owl--Cryptoglaux acadica (Gnelin).

At Puntchesakut Lake in the evening of May 13 the single, bell-
like note of the saw-whet owl was heard and when I drew the attention
of a local guide to this call he informed me it was a familiar sound
in that region. There are two mounted specimens in Mr. J. B.
Langston's collection. These were found dead near Smithers.

Nighthawk--Chordeiles minor (Forster).

The first was recorded at mid-day, June 6, flying over Bouchie
Lake where the species became common on June 10. Through July night-
hawks were seen at most of the places visited; the first evidence of
a southern migration was noted on August 9. This was at Shafer Lake
in late evening when approximately 20 flew about over the lake.
Again at Bouchie Lake, after a morning of rain on August 17, a migra-
tion was observed.

Black Swift--Nephoecetes niger (Gmelin).

Two were observed several times on July 14 flying over Lacroix
Lake. It has been noted many times that black swifts are more
active, apparently more numerous, and fly closer to the earth, on
rainy and stormy days than on fair days. This was so at Maclure
Lake on July 14, a day of intermittent showers and cloudy skies.
There are sheer cliffs, where black swifts could find nesting places,
in the not far distant mountains on either side of the Bulkley Valley.

At Ootsa Lake, August 3, at least eight were seen and at Bouchie
Lake, August 17, what appeared to be a migration involving a substan-
tial number of black swifts, vaux swifts and nighthawks, was in

progress.

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