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238. Cistothorus palustris paludicola. Tule Wren. 



Breeding over the lake country east of Cascades. I found it 

 abundant at Lac La Hache. It must range much farther north 

 than this, probably (G. Hamilton) to Stewart's Lake, British Col- 

 umbia, latitude 54°. 



239. Certhia familiaris montana. Rocky Mountain Creeper. 



Rare in British Columbia. A male Creeper from Nelson appears 

 to be montana. 



240. Certhia familiaris occidentalis. California Creeper. 



Neither rare nor common on the Pacific slope. Rare at Nis- 

 qually. Probably reappears on interior mountain peaks. 



241. Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. 



One specimen was taken at Tacoma. It is rare on the coast but 

 abounds in the wooded hills of the interior of British Columbia. 



242. Sitta canadensis. Red-bellied Nuthatch. 



East and West of Cascades ; also in the Rocky Mountains. 



243. Sitta pygmsea. Pygmy Nuthatch. 



Only found, and that sparingly, at Vernon. 



244. Parus atricapillus septentrionalis. Long-tailed Chickadee. 



Abound in the inter-mountainous region of British Columbia, up 

 to 3,000 feet. 



245. Parus atricapillus occidentalis. Oregon Chickadee. 

 Abound in the coast region. 



246. Parus gambeli. Mountain Chickadee. 



Found in the interior mountains of British Columbia but not in 

 the Rockies. 



247. Parus hudsonicus columbianus, subsp. nov. Columbian Chickadee. 



Four specimens of this strongly differentiated ally of hudsonicus 

 were secured in the high mountains surrounding Field, British Col- 

 umbia. They were abundant in the deepest and darkest recesses of 

 the coniferous forest, associating in flocks of ten to twenty individ- 

 uals after the familiar manner of the genus. A description of this 

 new form having already appeared in the Auk, it is useless to refer 

 to it further here except to say that it is larger and darker than 

 hudsonicus, with a much larger bill and with the throat patch jet 

 black instead of brownish-black. 

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