Catalogue of British Columbia Birds


Catalogue of British Columbia Birds

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Title: Catalogue of British Columbia Birds
Author: Francis Kermode
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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. Venables, Yernon; Chas. de Blois Green, Fairview and Keremeos.
I have also obtained valuable information from the check-list published by the late John Fannin.
FRANCIS KERMODE, Curator Provincial Museum.
Victoria, B. C., August, 1904.

Order PYGOPODES. Diving birds.
Family PODICIPEDID?. Grebes.
?CHMOPHORUS Coues.
1. Western Grebe.
?chmophorus occidentalis (Lawr.).
A common winter resident along the coast of Vancouver Island and Mainland. Mr. Brooks says a few remain all winter at Okanagan Lake.
COLYMBUS Linn?us.
2. American Red-necked Grebe. "Holboell's Grebe."
Colymbus holboelli (Reinh.).
A common winter resident along the coast of Vancouver Island and Mainland. Winter resident on Okanagan Lake. (Brooks.) Not common at Metlakatla. (Rev. J. H. Keen.) Breeds on many of the lakes along the Cariboo Road above Clinton. (Fannin.)
3. Horned Grebe.
Colymbus auritus (Linn.).
A common winter resident on the coast, and very common in the straits near Victoria, in April. Brooks reports it at Okanagan Lake all winter. Breeds on the lakes from Okanagan to Dense Lake. (Fannin.) Rare at Metlakatla. (Rev. J. H. Keen.)
4. American Eared Grebe.
Colymbus nigricollis californicus (Heerm.).
Taken at Kamloops, June, 1889. (Spreadborough.) Found breeding on lakes at Kamloops; Catalogue of Canadian Birds. (Macoun.)
PODILYMBUS Lesson.
5. Pied-billed Grebe.
Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.).
Common resident on Vancouver Island; it breeds on lakes close to Victoria. Common resident on Island and Mainland; breeds throughout its range. (Fannin.)
Family GAVIID? Loons.
GAVIA Forster.
6. Great Northern Diver. Loon.
Gavia imber (Gunn.).
Common resident throughout the Province; breeds on Vancouver Island and Mainland.
7. Black-throated Loon.
Gavia arcticus (Linn.).
Taken at Burrard Inlet (Fannin), and at Dease Lake, Cassiar, by James Porter.
8. Pacific Loon.
Gavia pacificus (Lawr.).
Not common; one specimen taken at Comox by W. B. Anderson, and at Chilliwhack by Brooks; Victoria, May 13th, 1904, by Fred. Foster.
9. Red-throated Loon.
Gavia lumme (Gunn.).
I found this species quite common on Barkley Sound, V. I., April 19th, 1894, and fairly common near Esquimalt. Mr. Brooks reports it at Chilliwhack.
Family ALCID?. Auks, Murres and Puffins.
LUNDA Pallas.
10. Tufted Puffin.
Lunda cirrhata (Pall.).
Common along the coast of Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Islands and Mainland; breeds on Bare Island, near Sidney, B. C.
FRATERCULA Brisson.
11. Horned Puffin.
Fratercula corniculata (Naum.).
Rare at Massett, Queen Charlotte Islands. (Rev. J. H. Keen.)
CERORHINCA Bonaparte.
12. Rhinoceros Auklet.
Cerorhinca monocerata (Pall.).
Coasts of Vancouver Island and Mainland. Breeds on islands in Gulf of Georgia.
PTYCHORAMPHUS Brandt.
13. Cassin's Auklet.
Ptychorampus aleuticus (Pall.).
The entire coast line of the Province and West Coast of Vancouver Island. (Fannin.) This species was seen in the Gulf of Georgia, between Salt Spring Island and Nanaimo, May 7th, 1887. (Macoun.)
SYNTHLIBORAMPUS Brandt.
14. Ancient Murrelet.
Synthliborampus antiquus (Gmel.).
Not common. West Coast of Vancouver Island and taken in the Straits, near Victoria. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it rare on Queen Charlotte Islands.
BRACHYRAMPHUS Brandt.
15. Marbled Murrelet.
Brachyramphus marmoratus (Gmel.).
An abundant resident along the coast of British Columbia; have taken it at Skidegate,