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Page 1 : Catalogue of British Columbia Birds. PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, VICTORIA B. C. PREFACE. The present list is intended to include all birds which have been so far proven to occur in British Columbia. I am fully aware of its incompleteness, and very much regret much of its lack of more definite information regarding the distribution of certain species, and with regard to that portion of the Province in north and northeastern interior, which, I have no doubt, is a valuable field for work. Since the publication of the list of British Columbia birds in 1898 by the late John Fannin, which contained 339 species and sub-species, and with the information to hand, enables me to add to this 24. I wish to extend my thanks especially to the following constant observers for more or less extended local lists, notes and specimens:--A. C. Brooks, Chilliwhack, Okanagan and Cariboo; Rev. J. H. Keen, Queen Charlotte Islands and Metlakatla; Thos. Kermode, William Head Quarantine Station; E. P.

Page 4 : PHALACROCORAX Brisson. 43. White-crested Cormorant. Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinnatus (Brandt). Common on both coasts of Vancouver Island and coast of Mainland, from Race Rocks to Alaska. 44. Brandt's Cormorant. Pencilled Cormorant. Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt). Two specimens were killed in the Straits, near Victoria, by D. E. Campbell, April 19th, 1897. Later in the month another specimen was found on the beach at Beacon Hill. 45. Violet-green Cormorant. Phalacrocorax pelagicus robustus (Ridgw.). This is the most abundant Cormorant in the Province, and is found along both coasts of the Island, and has been taken as far north as Port Simpson. Breeds on islands close to Sidney Island. Common at Metlakatla. (Rev. J. H. Keen.) Family PELECANIDAE. Pelicans. PELECANUS Linnaeus. 46. American White Pelican. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (Gmel.). Not common.

Page 7 : _Porzana Carolina (Linn.). Found on Vancouver Island and Mainland. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it very rare on Queen Charlotte Islands. Common east of Cascades. (Fannin.) FULICA Linnaeus. 96. American Coot. Mud-hen. Fulica americana (Gmel.). A common resident on Island and Mainland; breeds throughout its range. Order LIMICIOLAE. Shore Birds. Family PHALAROPODIDAE. Phalaropes. CRYMOPHILUS Vieillot. 97. Red Phalarope. Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.). Taken at Clover Point, near Victoria, during migration. PHALAROPUS Brisson. 98. Northern Phalarope. Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.). Abundant along the coast of Island and Mainland in the spring and autumn. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. Fannin has taken it at Burrard Inlet in July. STEGANOPUS. Vieillot. 99. Wilson's Phalarope. Steganopus tricolor (Vieill.). Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks. Family SCOLOPACIDAE. Snipes, Sand-pipers, Etc. GALLINAGO Leach. 100. Wilson's Snipe.

Page 10 : Family COLUMBIDAE. Pigeons. COLUMBA Linnaeus. 146. BAND-TAILED PIGEON. Columba fasciata (Say.). A common summer resident in the south-western portions of the Province including Vancouver Island. ECTOPISTES Swainson. 147. PASSENGER PIGEON. Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). Mentioned in John Keast Lord's "Naturalist in British Columbia" (1866). If it ever did occur here, it is now, without doubt, extinct. (Fannin.) ZENAIDURA Bonaparte. 148. MOURNING DOVE. Zenaidura macroura (Linn.). Not common on Vancouver Island. I found it quite common in the Okanagan in June, 1895. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it rare at Metlakatla. Order RAPTORES. Birds of Prey. Family CATHARTIDAE. American Vultures. GYMNOGYPS Lesson. 149. CALIFORNIA VULTURE. Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw.). In September, 1880, I saw two of these birds at Burrard Inlet. It is more than probable they are accidental visitants here.

Page 13 : 199. Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker. Picoides americanus dorsalis (Baird). Mountains east of Cascade Mountains, north to Cassiar. (Fannin.) SPHYRAPICUS Baird. 200. Red-naped Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis (Baird). Generally distributed east of Cascade Mountains throughout the Province. It was quite common at Duck's, May, 1895. 201. Red-breasted Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis (Suckow.). Generally distributed along the Coast. Not uncommon on Vancouver Island. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. 202. Williamson's Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cass.). Taken at Similkameen, B. C., by R. V. Griffin, June, 1882, (Check List of B. C. Birds, 1891--Fannin.) CEOPHLOEUS Cabanis. 203. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola (Bangs.). Common resident throughout the Province, on Vancouver Island and Mainland through the interior to Okanagan. Mr. Brooks found it scarce in the Cariboo District. ASYNDESMUS (Wils.

Page 16 : Family FRINGILLIDAE. Finches, Sparrows, Etc. HESPERIPHONA Bonaparte. 251. Western Evening Grosbeak. Hesperiphona vespertina montana (Ridgw.). Chiefly on the Mainland. West in winter to Vancouver Island and Lower Fraser Valley. Taken at Chilliwhack and Okaiiagan by A. C. B. PINICOLA Vieillot. 252. Alaskan Pine Grosbeak. Pinicola enucleator alascensis (Ridgw.). Mainland east and west of Cascade Mountains. Common in winter in the neighbourhood of Clinton. Mr. Brooks reports it from Chilliwhack and Okanagan. Rare at Metlakatla. (Rev. J. H. Keen.) CARPODACUS Kaup. 253. California Purple Finch. Carpodacus purpureus californicus (Baird). An abundant summer resident west of Cascades. Quite a number winter on Vancouver Island. 254. Cassin's Purple Finch. Carpodacus cassini (Baird). East of Cascades to Rocky Mountains. Tolerably common. LOXIA Linnaeus. 255. American Crossbill. Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm.).

Page 19 : Taken at 150-Mile House, Cariboo, by A. C. Brooks. DENDROICA Gray. 315. Alaskan Yellow Warbler. Dendroica aestiva rubiginosa (Pallas). An abundant summer resident throughout the Province, from Rocky Mountains to the Pacific. 316. Myrtle Warbler. Dendroica coronata (Linn.). An abundant summer resident on Vancouver Island and Mainland, chiefly west of Cascades. Rare at Metlakatla. (Rev. J. H. Keen.) Okanagan. (Brooks). 317. Audubon's Warbler. Dendroica auduboni (Towns.). An abundant summer resident throughout the Province, Vancouver Island and Mainland east to Rocky Mountains. 318. Magnolia Warbler. Dendroica maculosa (Gmel.). Okanagan, 1898 (Rhoads). 319. Black-throated Gray Warbler. Dendroica nigrescens (Towns.). Not common. A summer resident west of Cascades, but chiefly along the Coast. Taken at Chilliwhack (Brooks). 320. Townsend's Warbler. Dendroica townsendi (Townsend.).

Page 22 : Eagle, Golden 160 Eagle, Bald 161 F. Falcon, Prairie 163 Falcon, Peale's 165 Finch, California Purple 253 Finch, Cassin's Purple 254 Flycatcher, Olive-sided 221 Flycatcher, Western 223 Flycatcher, Traill's 224 Flycatcher, Hammond's 225 Flycatcher, Wright's 226 Flicker, Northern 205 Flicker, Red-shafted 206 Flicker, North-western 207 Fulmar, Pacific 37 G.

Page 25 : Warbler, Calaver's 311 Warbler, Orange-crowned 312 Warbler, Lutescent 313 Warbler, Tennessee 314 Warbler, Alaskan Yellow 315 Warbler, Myrtle 316 Warbler, Audubon's 317 Warbler, Magnolia 318 Warbler, Black-throated Gray 319 Warbler, Townsend's 320 Warbler, Macgillivray's 323 Warbler, Hermit 321 Warbler, Western Yellow-throat 324 Warbler, Pacific Yellow-throat 325 Warbler, Wilson's 327 Warbler, Pileolated 328 Warbler, Golden Pileolated 329 Water-thrush, Grinnell's 322 Waxwing, Bohemian 303 Waxwing, Cedar 304 Willett, Western 117 Woodpecker, Northern Hairy 190 Woodpecker, Harris's