966 ~ I'.RITISII C'ol.l'.Ml'.lA Sri'lT.H.Ml'.X'l'. 



Nesting. — Xcst: of twigs, grasses ami weed-stalks, carefully lined with tine rootlets, 

 in coniferons trees, nsnally three to ten feet high on horizontal hranches. Eggs: 3.-5, white, 

 spotted and blotched with hazel, reddish brown and cinnamon. Av. size, .65 x .48. 



General Range. — Eastern North America west to the Rocky Mountains and casually 

 to Uriti^h Colunibi.i. lireeding from Northern border of the L'nited States north to Hudson 

 Liny and the (ireal Slave Lake; south in winter to Mexico, Central America and the Antilles. 



Occurrence in British Columbia. — This species was first reported as a resident of our 

 Province by Samuel N. Rhoads who in the summer of 1892 took a specimen at Field and 

 saw others near Vernon. I found it fairly connnon at Quesnelle during the fall nugrations 

 and have taken specimens at Okanagan. 



B. C. No. 6. 



BLACK-rOLL WARBLER. 



A. O. V. No, (1(11. Dendroica striata (Forst.). 



Description. — .-Idult male in Ivrcding plumage: Top of luad unif(U'ni lustrous black; 

 cheeks, hmd neck, and cervical collar white, minutely streaked with black; remaining upper- 

 parts olive-gray streaked with black; wings and tad dusky with narrow olive-gray edging 

 on exposed webs; two loose white wing-bars formed by tips of coverts; two outer pairs of 

 tail-feathers with snbterminal white blotches; traces of white on remaining pairs, except 

 central; imderparts white, extensively streaked with black on sides, the streaks usually 

 confluent on sides of throat; bill dark above, light below; feet pale. Adult fcuialc in spring: 

 Above, including crown, grayish olive-green; everywhere streaked with black; below whitish, 

 tinged with greenish yellow on breast and sides, and with dusky lateral streaks. .Idult male 

 in autumn and -winter: Very different from the sunnner phmiage. -■Mxive dull olive-green 

 ^hading into olive-gray on rump, streaked on back with black; underparts pale olive-yellow 

 faintly streaked with dusky on sides; under tail-coverts white. Length 5.50; wing 2.95; 

 tail 1. 95 ; bill .30. 



Nesting. — Nest: of twigs, moss, etc., placed on lower liranches of coniferous trees. 

 liggs 4 or 5, of the usual Warbler type. .Av. size, .7OX.54. 



General Range. — North .America east of the Rocky Mountains north to .Maska aud 

 C.reenland : south in winter to northern South America. 



Occurrence in British Columbia. — \\. Quesnelle I once shot a Black-poll Warbler in 

 ihc first plumage but w,is uual>le \>< find it in the thick brush. Through a close acquaintance 

 with this species m (.)ntario I am positive of the identity, as when first seen the bird was 

 within five feet of me and I had a good look at it. The bird is known to breed in western 

 Alaska and it is probably of regular occurrence in the extreme northeastern part of our 

 Province. 



B. C. No. 7- 



COLUMBIAN CHICKADEE. 



A. CJ. U. No. 740b. Penthestes hudsonicus columbianus Rho.ids. 



Description. — Forehead and lores sooty black; crown (broadly) and hmd-neck slaty; 

 remaining upperparts dark brown; throat jet black; a wdiite area on cheeks broadening 

 posteriorly but cut ofT by slaty on sides of neck; remaining underparts dull wdiitish, strongly 

 washed with dull rufous on sides, flanks and nnder tail-coverts. Length aliout 5.00: wing 

 2.70; tail 2.65; tarsus .67. 



Nest and (-.i;.!;.*- like those of other Chickadees. 



General Range. — ^Resident in Rocky Mountain district from Liard River south to 

 Montana. 



Occurrence in British Columbia. — Breeding above the 4000 font level on the uiountains 

 west of Okanagan Lake — the most westerly record taken. The birds become common 

 easterly and northerly, always at high or moderately- high levels. I found it fairly abundant 

 in the Cariboo di=trict in heav\ timber from 2500 feet up. 



B. C. No. 8. 



QUEEN CHARLOTTE WOODPECKER. 



A. O LT No ,TO3 f Dryobates villosus picoideus (OsgoodL 



Description. — Similar to /'. ;'. luirrisu d;. i'. p. 420) but sides more decidedly streaked 

 and middle of back spotted with blackish. 

 Range. — Queen Charlotte Islands. 



