WASHINGTON HYPOTHETICAL LIST. 981 



H. No. 35. 



ROCKY .\IOUXTAIX CREEPER. 



A. O U. Xo. 725 b. Certhia familiaris montana Ridgway. 



Description. — Similar to ('. f. criott's iq. v. p. 295) but decidedly lighter and less brown 

 above, with tawny of rump lighter and whitish streaks broader; superciliary broader, more 

 purely white: underparts brighter; averaging larger. 



Qeneral Range. — Rocky Mountain district breeding from Arizona and Xew Me-xico 

 north to .\la^ka 



Supposed Occurrence in Washington. — Case very similar to that of the Bluebirds 

 above. 



H. No. 36. 

 WESTERX BLACK PHCEBE. 



A. O. U. Xo. 458a. isayornis nigricans semiatra (Vigors). 



Description. — General color sooty brown or blackish, most intense on head and breast; 

 belly and posterior underparts abruptly pure white ; lining of wings, edges of inner seconda- 

 ries, and outer web of outer tail-feathers whitish. Length 6.50-7.00; wing 3.70; tail 3.50; 

 bill .50; tarsus .67. 



General Range. — "Mainly in Lower Sonoran zone on the Pacific Coast, from Oregon 

 to Colinia. Mexico; also most of .\rizona" (Bailey). 



Supposed Occurrence in Washington. — The record by riubbard (Zoo III., July, IiSq2, 

 p. 143) of a bird seen near Chchalis has been made the basis of several inferential publica- 

 tions. It is probable that the bird seen was really the ^\'estern Wood Pewee (Myiocliancs 

 rkhardsonii) which is significantly omitted from his list. .-Mso concerning the much-quoted 

 Salem record {-\merican Xaturalist, 1880. p. 637), Prof. O. B. Johnson informs me that he 

 did not ii-r the bird; it was only described to him. The fact is the entire tradition of Black 

 Phoebes seen north of the L'mpqna X'alley in southern Oregon, will not bear examination. 



H. No. 37. 



PASSENGER PIGEON. 



.■\. O. U. Xo. 315. Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). 



Synonyms. — Wild Pigeox. Migr.\torv Pigeon. 



Description. — Adult male: LTpperparts and head all around bluish slate, purest on 

 head and rump, with beautiful metallic iridescence, — purplish red and golden on sides and 

 back of neck, glossed with olive on back, heavily shaded with olive-gray on middle back 

 and proximal portion of wings; the outer scapulars and inner wing-coverts and tertials 

 spotted or tipped with velvety black; primaries fuscous, with some gray external edging; 

 tail tapering, its feathers graduated for more than half its length, the central pair of 

 feathers Iilackish, the remainder white on exposed portions and below; chest and below 

 deep vinaceous-rufous, fading thru vinaceous pink on lower breast and sides to white of 

 lower belly and crissum ; iris orange, surrounding skin red; bill black; "feet lake red, 

 drying an undefinable color." Adult female: Similar to male, but brownish gray on head, 

 paling on throat; underparts drab, fading to pale browmish gray on sides; iridescence of 

 neck less marked; a little smaller. Length 15.00-17.50; wing 8.25; tail 8.00-9.00; bill .72. 



Qeneral Range. — "Eastern Xorth ,\merica from Hudson Bay southward, and west to 

 the Great Plains, straggling thence to N^evada and Washington. Breeding range now mainly 

 restricted to portions of the Canadas and the northern border of the United States as far 

 west as Manitoba and the Dakotas." — .\. O, U. 1895. X'ow rare and verging on extinction 

 with breeding haunts, if any, unknown (igog). 



Supposed Occurrence in Washington. — A somewhat careful examination of the Pas- 

 senger Pigeon tradition, including the circumstantial account in the Auk, has convinced me 

 that so far as Washington is concerned all alleged records are based on misidentification of 

 the resident species, Coluiuha fasciata. 



H. No. 38. 



GREEN HERON. 



A. O U. X'o. 20T. Butorides virescens (Linn.). 



Description. — Adult: Top of head and occipital crest glossy dark green (bottle- 

 green) ; median line of throat and neck white, with admixture of greenish black posteriorly; 

 remainder of head and neck white, with admixture of greenish black posteriorly ; remainder 

 of head and neck rich maroon-chestnut, the feathers more or less decomposed; lower neck 



