Q 10 PRovinciAL Museum Report. 1913 



OoLoay. 
During the year 130 specimens of birds’ eggs have been added to the collection, 
comprising twenty-seven species, twelve new to the collection. 
A fine series of eggs collected at Salt Lake by Dr. David Moore Lindsay was sent in 
exchange for duplicates in our collection, viz.:— 
1 Least Tern (Sterna antillarum). 
3 Common Tern (Sterna hirunda). 
4 American White Pelican (Lelecanus erythrorhynchos). 
8 White-faced Glossy Ibis (Plegadis guarauna). 
10 Snowy Heron (Ardea candidissima). 
2 Black-crowned Night Heron (Vycticorax nycticorax nevius). 
25 American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana). 
20 Black-necked Stilt (Zimantopus mexicanus). 
4 Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata). 
8 Kildeer (£yillitis vocifera). 
3 Snowy Plover (Agillitis nivosa). 
9 Brewer's Blackbird (Scolecophayus cyanocephalus). 
4 Sage Thrasher (Oroscoptes montanus). 
North-west Crow (Corvus Caurinus), five in set, Victoria, E. M. Anderson, May 9th, 
1912. 
Gairdner’s Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens gairdneri), six in set, Victoria, E. M. 
Anderson, May 9th, 1912. 
Sooty Grouse (Dendrayopus obscurus fuliginosus), six in set, nest also contained three 
eggs of California Partridge (quail), Cedar Hill, 8. Whittaker, May 10th, 1912. 
Parkman’s Wren (Z’roglodytes wdon Parkmani), seven in set, Cedar Hill, D. Irving, June 
12th, 1912: 
Northwestern Flicker (Colaptes cafer saturatior), seven in set, Cedar Hill, D. Irving, 
May 26th, 1912. 
Western Chipping Sparrow (Spizella socialis arizone), four in set, Cedar Hill, D. Irving, 
May 26th, 1912. 
Nuttall’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia leuwcophrys nuttallii), four in set, Cedar Hill, D. Irving, 
June 4th, 1912. 
Nuttall’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttallii), five in set, E. M. Anderson, Victoria, 
May 19th, 1912. 
Western Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes graminius confinis), four in set, C. de B. Green, 
June, 1912. 
Alaskan Yellow Warbler (Dendroica cwstiva rubiginosa), four in set, Cedar Hill, D. 
Irving, May 26th, 1912. 
Alaskan Yellow Warbler (Dendroica cestiva rubiginosa), five in set, Victoria, E. M. 
Anderson, May 19th, 1912. 
Brewer's Blackbird (Buphagus cyanocephalus), six in set, C. de B. Green, June 11th, 1912. 
Sage Thrasher (Oroscoptes montanus), C. de B. Green, nest and eggs, four in set; 
presented June, 1912. 
Vigor’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickit spilurus), D. Irving, five in set, Cedar Hill, July 
12th, 1912. 
FisHes. 
Wolf Eel (young), Victoria, April 23rd, 1912. 
Acrotus willoughbi, Victoria, July 19th, 1912; cast up on the beach; J. Dixon. 
purchased (fourth specimen known to science). 
Char, Dolly Varden Trout (Salvelinus malma), Lorne Creek, August 7th, 1912, E. B. 
Earle (G.T.P.). 
MisceLLaNnegous. 
Crawfish, Sooke, B.C., April 23rd, 1912. 
Clam (Glycerimis generosa), Tofino, W. W. Rhodes, June 18th, 1912. 
Rattlesnake (Crotilus lucifer), ‘Ashcroft, H. Collins, ars 10th, 1912. 
Whale (fetus), Victoria, B.Ca Dr. Milne, December, 1912. 
