976 iiurrisii cou'MiuA srrri.EMKN" 



froiii llu' soiilh. Tvvi) specimens t.iki-ii on I'.urrard Inlel in May, 1879, one of which is now 

 in llic Pioviniia! Mn-cnni. 



Occurrence in Washington, -lias nndouhtedly crossed the State, as above. 



B. C. & H. No. 17. 



\VIIITE-F.A.CF.n GLOSSY IBIS, 



A. (). I'. No. 187. Plegadis guarauna (I.inn.). 



Description. — Adiill: Bill cmved downward, lilack, reddening on tip; Umx'S and eye- 

 lids naked, lake-red, this area and base of bill above and below surrounded by narrow 

 border of white feathers, the "face" ; head, neck and iniderparts rich purplish chestnut ; 

 upperparts dark, with brilliant metallic iridescence of green, golden-green, violet and purple — 

 surpassnigly lieautiful! Young entirely lustrous green, giving place to brownish or gray 

 lielow in transition to chestnut of adnlt. Length of adult male 22.00-24.00; wing io.cX)-i i.oo ; 

 t:iil 4.00: bill 5.00-5.50: tarsus 3.75. Female smaller. 



Nesting. — Nests in colonies in reeds; composed of broken-down reeds attached to 

 living ones; well built and deeply cupped. Eggs: 3 or 4, deep blnish-greeu. .\v. size, 

 2-00 X 1 .40. 



General Range. — Chiefly western United States, especially western Te.xas, east to 

 Florida, north to Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and Oregon; casually to British Columbia; 

 south through W'cst Indies. Mexico. Central America and tropical South .America. 



Occurrence in British Columbia. — Chie specimen taken in the early fall of 1904 at 

 Sardis (Chilliwack Valley), a yuung liird in first pluma,ge. -•\nother is said to have been 

 taken on Salt Springs Island, and there is --npposcd to lie a still earlier record but there 

 are no ■-pecimens to substantiate these. 



Supposed Occurrence in Washington. — These birds still breed in large numbers about 

 some of the interior lakes of Oregon. \'ery similar conditions exist on a smaller scale in 

 eastern Washington and it is almost certain that the birds formerly occurred here if they 

 do not now do so. 



B. C. & H. No. 18. 



STILT S.W'DPIPER, 



.\ ( ). L' Xn 23,v Micropalama himantopus (Bonap.). 



Description. — Adull in snniincr: LIpperparts blackish with considerable buffy, or 

 tawu\', and white edging; a blackish line from bill to eye; auriculars rufous, — the color 

 continued indistinctly around back of head; top of head dusky streaked with wdiitish ; the 

 remainder of head and neck dull white, dusky-streaked; wing-coverts and secondaries gray- 

 ish, the latter edged with white; primaries fuscous; rump ashy; upper tail-coverts white, 

 barred and striped w-ith dusky; underparts whitish, streaked with dusky and ochraceons on 

 fore breast, elsewhere dusky-barred; bill and feet greenish black. .Idult in winter: .Miove 

 brownish gray with traces of black and tawny mottling, or not. the feathers more or less 

 edged with whitish; upjier tail-coverts white; the tail white, the feathers bordered with 

 brownish gray; underparts white shaded with grayish, and more or less dusky-streaked on 

 sides of neck, throat, and sides; legs and feet greenish yellow. Ininuvlnrr: Similar to adnlt 

 in winter but blackish aboxe, and with edgings of ochraceous-lmt¥ : breast and sides more or 

 less liuffx -tinged. Length 7.50-g.oo ; wmg 5.15: bill 1(15; tar-us 1.(2. 



Recognition Marks. — Chewink size; lull with iLitteucd pimctatc tip; comparatively 

 long legs. 



General Range. — Eastern North America, breeiling north of the L'nited States, and 

 migrating in winter to Bermuda. West Indies, and Central and .South .'\merica. Casual 

 west of the Rockies. 



Occurrence in British Columbia. — I shot Iwn specimens September Kjth, iSijg. at 

 Sumas Lake, the only ones I have ever seen. Both birds were in the first jilnniage. 



B. C. & H. No. 19- 



SOl.nWRV S.WOPIPER. 



.■\. O. U. No. 256. Helodromas solitarius (Wils.). 



Description. — Similar to //. i. i-nuuinnnncns ( g. v. p. 071) but sides of head darker 

 and spotting of upperparts white or creamy, never cinnamomeus. 



General Range. — North .'\merica except Pacific coast region, but casually westward 

 to Pacific: breeding chiefly north of the United States and wintering in South .America 

 south to .Argentine Republic. 



Occurrence in British Columbia. — Both forms of the Solitary Sandpiper occur in the 



