Catalogue of British Columbia BirdsKermode, Francis
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Catalogue of British Columbia Birds
Kermode, Francis
Birds -- British Columbia
_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.) Coues.
204. Lewis's Woodpecker.
_Asyndesmus torquatus_ (Wils.).
Abundant through the interior of the Province, at Vernon and Grand
Prairie. I found it quite common at Chilliwhack this year. A summer
resident on Vancouver Island.
COLAPTES Swainson.
205. Northern Flicker.
_Colaptes auratus luteus_ (Bangs.).
A rare bird of this Province, but is found on Vancouver Island and
east to the Rocky Mountains.
206. Red-shafted Flicker.
_Colaptes cafer collaris_ (Vigors).
Common east of Cascade Mountains through the interior, at Duck's,
Sicamous and Okanagan.
207. North-western Flicker.
_Colaptes cafer saturatior_ (Ridgew.).
Abundant resident west of Cascade Mountains; very common on Vancouver
Island.
Order MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc.
Family CAPRIMULGIDÆ. Goatsuckers.
PHALÆNOPTILUS Ridgway.
208. Poor-will.
_Phalænoptilis nuttallii_ (Aud.).
Southern interior portions of Province from Kamloops through the
Okanagan. Summer resident.
CHORDEILES Swainson.
209. Nighthawk.
_Chordeiles virginianus_ (Gmel.).
An abundant summer resident east of Cascade Mountains. Mr. Brooks has
taken it at Chilliwhack.
210. Western Nighthawk.
_Chordeiles virginianus henryi_ (Cass.).
A summer resident west of Cascade Mountains. Abundant on Vancouver
Island.
Family MICROPODIDÆ. Swifts.
CYPSELOIDES Streubel.
211. Black Swift.
_Cypseloides niger borealis_ (Ridgw.).
Common near Victoria during migration. Rev. J. H. Keen says only pass
over at Metlakatla. Said to breed in mountains back of Chilliwhack and
in the neighbourhood of Comox. (_Fannin_.) Taken at Chilliwhack
and Okanagan. (_Brooks_.)
CHÆTURA Stephens.
212. Vaux's Swift.
_Chætura vauxii_ (Towns.).
A summer resident on Vancouver Island and Mainland. I found it very
common near Sicamous, May 28th, 1895.
Family TROCHILIDÆ. Hummingbirds.
TROCHILUS Linnæus.
213. Black-chinned Hummingbird.
_Trochilus alexandri_ (Bourc. & Muls.).
Confined to the Mainland. I have never seen it on Vancouver Island.
Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan.
SELASPHORUS Swainson.
214. Red-backed Rufous Hummingbird.
_Selasphorus rufus_ (Gmel.).
An abundant summer resident west of Cascade Mountains, including
Vancouver Island. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Okanagan. Common at
Metlakatla (_Rev. J. H. Keen_.)
215. Green-backed Rufous Hummingbird. Allen's Hummingbird.
_Selasphorus alleni_ (Hensh.).
Eastern Cascade and Rocky Mountain districts. (_Fannin_.)
STELLULA Gould.
216. Calliope Hummingbird.
_Stellula calliope_ (Gould).
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