972 BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPPLEMENT. 



B. C. & H. No. 4- 



HARRIS'S SPARROW. 



A (1 U. \o. 553 Zonotrichia querula (Xutt). 



Synonym. — H(m)1)K1) Ckdw.n Si'Akkciw. 



Description. — Adiill male: Crown, face, aiul throat jet black; sides of head ashy wliite : 

 breast ami brlnw white; sides, flanks, and crissuni with a tawny wash and obscurely strcaketl; 

 above, brown of various shades, inclining to bay on the nape, decidedly olivaceous on rump 

 and upper tail-coverts; feathers of upper back, scapulars, and wing-coverts lilack centrally; 

 wings and tail fuscous; bill coral-red. Fcmulc: Similar but with black of head and thrivat 

 restricted. In zt'inlcr the plumage of both sc.xes is toned down In- ochraceous wash of upper 

 parts and sides, and the feathers of the crown are bordered narrowly witli a^^hy or buff. 

 Length ''.75-773; win.i; ,V20-3.(X): tail 3.30-.3.75. 



Recognition Marks. — Chewink size; black hood (especially thrciat) of adults. 



Nesting. — Known only from Bendire's description of a set not certainly identified. 

 Supposed to nest on ground or low in bushes. Eg^s white, thickly sprinkled with brown. 

 A\-. si/e. .S5 X .()$. 



General Range. — Middle United States from lllinnis. Missouri, and bnv.i west to 

 middle Kansas and the Dakotas. and from Texas north to Manitoba and prolialjly Hudson 

 Bay. Accidental on Vancouver Island and in British Columbia and Oregon. 



Occurrence in British Columbia. — A notable invasion of British Cohnnbia by this 

 sparrow of the Miildle \\e~.t occurred during the winter of 1894-5. Specimens were taken 

 by A. T. 'Maynard at Cadboro Bay m October, by W. B. Anderson at Comox in November, 

 and by the writer at Sumas in January. At the last-named locality the pair taken were 

 associated with Juucoes in a barn-yard on Sumas Prairie. Another was seen a month later 

 at Chilliwack. -\11 of these, be it noted, were young birds. • 



Occurrence in Washington. — Presumptive, as above. 



B. C. & H. No. 5. 



WESTERN GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 



.\. O. I'. No. 546a. Coturniculus savannarum bimaculatus (Swains.). 



Description. — Adults in sfring: Crown blackish Itrown, parted by a median stripe of 

 Imffy gray ; nape gray, spotted with chestnut ; remaining upperparts black and fuscous, 

 feathers edged with gray and tipped with rufous in varying proportions (a single feather, 

 as from the greater wing-coverts, will exhibit the four colors) ; below, bufify gray, brightest 

 on the Ijreast; the sides and flanks washed with rufous; an elongated spot over the eye, 

 bend of the wing, and edge of wing near alula, yellow; bill horn-color above, yellow below; 

 feet yellow. In '^i'lntcr: Brighter colored, with less of black and more of chestnut. Length 

 4.85-5.20; wing 2.50; tail 1.75; bill .43. Female slightly smaller. 



Recognition Marks. — Warbler size; unmarked below; l)right yellow edge of wing; 

 grasshi'i>per notes; .ui uliscure, close-hiding, terrestrial species. 



Nesting. — .W'sl: on the ground, well concealed liy grass tussock; made of grasses, and 

 sometimes lined with hair. Eggs: 4-6, clear white, speckled and spotted with reddish brown, 

 chiefly about larger end. Av. size, .7;} x .55. 



General Range. — Western North America from the Plains to tlie Pacific, south to 

 Mexico and Lower California. 



Occurrence in British Columbia. — .A scarce though regidar lireeder thr()Ughr)ut the 

 Okana.gan Valle> from PeiUicton and O'ioyoos to Vernon. 



Supposed Occurrence in Washington. — If as above, bird must occur also in the lower 

 Okano.nan \alley upon the Waslnngton side and lu-obably in the parallel valleys of Ferry 

 and Ste\'(-n^ comuies. 



B. C. & H. No. 6. 

 ALASKAN VKLI.OW WARBLER. 



A. O U. No. ()52 b. Dendroica aestiva rubiginosa (Pallas). 



Description. — Similar to P. acstk'a (q. i'. p. 178) but upperparts darker and duller, 

 more olivaceous and with narrower edgings on wings and tail, .\dult female also duller 

 yellow below. 



General Range. — Alaska both coastwise and in the interior, south through British 

 Columbia to Vancouver Island; south in winter to southern California, Texas and Central 

 .\meric;i. 



