964 P.Rri'ISII COLUMBIA SUPPLEMENT. 



DIVISION B. 



Description of s])ccies known to occur in liritisli Colnniliia lint prcsnmed 

 not to uccnr in Washington. 



B. C. No. I. 



QUEEN (.•flARI.OTTK JAV. 



A U. No. 478 d. Cyanocitta stelleri carlottae. O-good 



Sjnonym. — Osgood's J.w , 



Description. — "Similar to C s. sli'llcri, [q. v. p. 33] but larger and decidedly darker, 

 the l)lue nf a more violet hue. the l)ack and the foreneck slightly sooty slate-black (decidedly 

 less lirouti than in C'. s. stcllcii)" (Ridgway). 



General Range. — Queen Charlotte Islands, B. C: also southern portion (at least) of 

 Prince of Wales IsUukI (Howkan). 



B. C. No. 2. 



RUSTY BL.ACKBIRD. 



A. C). U, No. 5oy. Euphagus 'carolinus (Mull.). 



Synon\ms. — RisTv Cr.\cki.i:. Thrush Bi..\CKi!iRn. 



Description. — .Idiilt male in hrecdiiig ItliniiagK' : Uniform glossy lilack. wuh bluish 

 green reriections ; iris pale straw. .At other seasons the plumage liears rufous or "rusty" 

 tips above, especially anteriorly, and rufescent or Iniffy tips below, in varying proportions; 

 a light line also over the eye. Adult female in breeding f'luniage: Blackish slate, lustrous 

 above, duller below. .At other seasons the general cast of plumage is lighter, and the overlay 

 of rusty or bulify is similar to that of the male. .Adult male, lengtli g.oo-g.60; wing 4.49: 

 tail 3.68: bill .76. Female smaller. 



Nesting. — Nest: of sticks and coarse grasses held together with mud, lined with fine 

 grasses and rootlets, placed in bushes or high in coniferous trees. Eggs: 4-7, grayish or 

 pale green, speckled and mottled with purples or reddish browns, and without streaks or 

 lines. .Av. size, i.oox.76. 



General Range. — Eastern and northern North .America, west to .Alaska and the Plains. 

 Breeds from northern I'nited States northward. Winters from Kentucky and Tennessee 

 southward. 



Occurrence in British Columbia. — Casual. l.)ne specimen taken at Metlakatla, Nov. 

 26, igoi, by Rev. J. II. Keene and presented by him to the Provincial Museum. 



B. C. No. 3- 



CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. 



.A O. U- No. 567. Spizella pallida (Swains.). 



Description. — .Above chielly llaxen or clay-colored streaked distinctly with lilack ; hind- 

 neck more ashy; rump brownish gray; a pale median stripe; a whitish superciliary; lores 

 and auriculars brownish; a dark postocular stripe and another from angle of mouth bounding 

 the brown; lielow this a dusky maxillary streak; underparts soiled whitish. Length about 

 5.25; wing 2.40; tail 2.35; bill .37. 



Nesting. — Much as in 5". brezeeri. 



General Range. — The Great Plains north to the .Sa>katchewan, we^t to the Rocky 

 Mountains and casually further; south in winter to Texas and Mexico. 



Occurrence in British Columbia. — Two singing males were taken by the writer on 

 Carpenter's ^U)untain near 158- .Mile House, Cariboo. July 3rd, 1901. No others were seen 

 and it did not appear probalile that these were strictly resident or breeding birds lint rather 

 belated wanderers or scouts. The specimens were wrongly reported at first mider the name 

 S. bre'cceri. material for comparison not being at hand. 



