Catalogue of British Columbia Birds | Page 9

Brooks reports it from Okanagan.
198. Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker.
Picoides americanus fasciatus (Bird).

West of Cascade Mountains common. Rare on Vancouver Island.
Brooks says common resident in the spruce zone on the Coast Range.
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.) 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).
East and west of Cascade Mountains. (Fannin.)

Order PASSERES. Perching Birds.
Family TYRANNIDÆ. Tyrant Flycatchers.
TYRANNUS Cuvier.
217. Kingbird.
Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.).
A common summer resident on the Mainland at Chilliwhack, Sardis,
Ducks and Vernon, and has been taken as far north as Port Simpson.
Rare on Vancouver Island.
218. Gray Kingbird.
Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmel.).
Accidentally in B. C. One specimen taken at Cape Beale, October 9,
1889, by Miss Cox, and presented to the Museum.
219. Arkansas Kingbird.
Tyrannus verticalis (Say).
A common summer resident on the Mainland. I have found it quite
common at Chilliwhack, Ducks and Okanagan, rarely west to
Vancouver Island.
SAYORNIS Bonaparte.
220. Say's Phoebe.
Sayornis saya (Bonap.).

A summer resident. Not common on Vancouver Island, chiefly on
Mainland in the interior. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and
Okanagan.
CONTOPUS Cabanis.
221. Olive-sided Flycatcher.
Contopus borealis (Swains.).
A summer resident on Vancouver Island and Mainland. Mr. Brooks has
taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan.
222. Western Wood Pewee.
Contopus richardsonii (Swains.).
A common summer resident on Vancouver Island and Mainland. Very
common at Sicamous, May, 1895.
EMPIDONAX Cabanis.
223. Western Flycatcher.
Empidonax difficilis (Baird).
A common summer resident west of Cascade Mountains on Mainland
and Vancouver Island. I also found it quite common at Skidegate,
Queen Charlotte Islands, July, 1895.
224. Traill's Flycatcher.
Empidonax trailli (Aud.).
A summer resident. I have found it quite common on Vancouver Island
and the Mainland at Sicamous and Vernon. Mr. Brooks has taken it at
Chilliwhack and Okanagan.
225. Hammond's Flycatcher.

Empidonax hammondi (Xantus.).
Summer resident. Chiefly on the Mainland, east and west of Cascade
Mountains. A few have been taken on Vancouver Island.
226. Wright's Flycatcher.
Empidonax wrightii (Baird).
Summer resident. Taken at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. (Brooks.)
Family ALAUDIDÆ. Larks.
OTOCORIS Bonaparte.
227. Pallid Horned Lark.
Otocoris alpestris leucoloema (Coues.).
Common in spring and autumn on Vancouver Island.