88 The Ottawa Naturalist. [November 



ilso found hyemalis and montanus. 



Sooty Song Sparroay Melospiza melodia rufina. 



Abundant resident. 

 Spurred Towhee Pipilo maculatus montanus. 



One winter record. 

 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrula. 



Usually an abundant winter resident. Flocks of three hundred 

 or more were not unusual during the winter of 1916-17. 

 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis. 



Regular winter resident. 

 Dipper Cinclus mexicanus unicolor. 



Resident. When the mountain streams freeze over they can be 

 found along the shore of Okanagan Lake. They are conspicuously 

 plentiful at the falls on Okanagan river, where there is always open 

 water. Here their song can be heard even on the coldest days. 

 Western Winter Wren Nannus hiemalis pacificus. 



Resident. There is a local migration from the mountains in the 

 late fall. This is one of the species that suffered severely in the cold 

 winter of 1915-16. 

 Western Marsh IT'rex Telmatodytes palustris plesius. 



A few usually winter. 

 Rocky Mountain Creeper Certhia familiaris montanus. 



Resident in the Canadian zone. Common winter resident lower 

 down. 

 Rocky Mountain Nuthatch -Sitta carolinensis nelsoni. 



Abundant resident. 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis . 



Abundant resident. 

 Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmoza pygmcea. 



Common resident. Not as widely distributed as the other two 

 species. 

 Chickadee Penthestes atricapellus atricapellus: 



Abundant resident. 

 Mountain Chickadee Penthestes gambeli gambeli. 



Abundant resident. 

 Columbian Chickadee Penthestes hudsonicus columbianus. 



Resident in the spruce forests of the Canadian zone. I have 

 never known them to descend to the pine and douglas fir country 

 lower down the mountains. They travel in smaller bands than other 

 Chickadees and keep to the tree tops. Their note is finer and more 

 sibilant and is easily recognized.. 

 Western Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrap a olivaceus. 



Common resident. 

 Sitka Kinglet Regulus calendula grinnelU. 



One winter record, December 29, 1913. 



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