Catalogue of British Columbia BirdsKermode, Francis
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Catalogue of British Columbia Birds
Kermode, Francis
Birds -- British Columbia
A summer resident, New Westminster and Mount Lehman.
SETOPHAGA Swainson.
330. American Redstart.
_Setophaga ruticilla_ (Linn.).
Found through the interior of the Province, from Barkerville south to
Okanagan, chiefly east of, and accidentally west of, Cascades. Taken
at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks.
Family MOTACILLIDÆ. Wagtails and Pipits.
ANTHUS Bechstein.
331. American Pipit.
_Anthus pensilvanicus_ (Lath.).
Very abundant during migration, east and west of Cascades. Found
throughout some winters on Vancouver Island.
Family CINCLIDÆ. Dippers.
CINCLUS Bechstein.
332. American Dipper.
_Cinclus mexicanus_ (Swains.).
Common throughout the Province in suitable localities.
Family TROGLODYTIDÆ. Wrens.
GALEOSCOPTES Cabanis.
333. Catbird.
_Galeoscoptes carolinensis_ (Linn.).
A common summer resident east and west of Cascades. Rare on Vancouver
Island.
SALPINCTES Cabanis.
334. Rock Wren.
_Salpinctes obsoletus_ (Say.).
Common east of Cascades, rarely west to the Coast.
Chilliwhack. (_Brooks_.) Burrard Inlet. (_Fannin_.)
THRYOMANES Sclater.
335. Vigor's Wren.
_Thryomanes bewickii spilurus_ (Vig.).
A common summer resident west of Cascades. Found throughout the winter
on Vancouver Island.
TROGLODYTES Vieillot.
336. Parkman's Wren.
_Troglodytes aëdon parkmanii_ (Aud.).
A common summer resident east and west of Cascades, including
Vancouver Island.
OLBIORCHILUS Oberholser.
337. Western Winter Wren.
_Olbiorchilus hiemalis pacificus_ (Baird).
An abundant resident east and west of Cascades, including Vancouver
Island.
TELMATODYTES Cabanis.
338. Tule Wren.
_Telmatodytes palustris paludicola_ (Baird).
Abundant east of Cascades, from the lakes along the Cariboo Road,
south through the Okanagan. Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks.
Family CERTHIIDÆ. Creepers.
CERTHIA Linnæus.
339. Rocky Mountain Creeper.
_Certhia familiaris montana_ (Ridgw.).
Southern portion of east of Cascades. Okanagan.
340. California Creeper.
_Certhia familiaris occidentalis_ (Ridgw.).
Common on Vancouver Island. East and west of Cascades on the Mainland.
Family SITTIDÆ. Nuthatches.
SITTA Linnæus.
341. Slender-billed Nuthatch.
_Sitta carolinensis aculeata_ (Cass.).
Common east of Cascades, from Ashcroft south through the Okanagan. I
found it quite common near Shuswap, May, 1895.
342. Red-breasted Nuthatch.
_Sitta canadensis_ (Linn.).
Common east and west of Cascades. Found throughout the winter on
Vancouver Island.
343. Pygmy Nuthatch.
_Sitta pygmæa_ (Vig.).
East of Cascades, in the south-eastern portions of the Province. I
found it fairly common at Grand Prairie, May, 1895.
Family PARIDÆ. Titmice or Chickadees.
PARUS Linnæus.
344. Long-tailed Chickadee.
_Parus atricapillus septentrionalis_ (Harris.).
Common east of Cascades, from Cornwall's south to Okanagan.
345. Oregon Chickadee.
_Parus atricapillus occidentalis_ (Baird.).
A common resident west of Cascades.
346. Mountain Chickadee.
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