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250. Brewer's Blackbird. 



Eaqyltayiis cijanoc&pJtalus (Wag leu.). 



Common, and generally distributed on the Mainland ; quite uonniion in 

 the Lower Fraser Valle}', Grand Prairie, south side of ThomjDson Uivcr, down 

 into the Okanagan country. Breeding in suitable localities. Not common 

 on Vancouver Island ; a few have been taken near Victoria. 



Family FRINGrlLLIDiE. Finches, Sparrows, etc. 

 HESPERIPHONA Bonaparte. 



251. Western Evening Grosbeak. 



Jlesperiphona vespertina montana (Ridgw.). 



Chiefly on the Mainland. West in winter to Vancouver Island and 

 Lower Fraser Valley. Taken at Chilliwhack and Okanagan by A. C. B. 



PINICOLA Vieillot. 



252. Alaskan Pine Grosbeak. 



Pinicola enucleator alascensis (Ridgw.). 



Mainland east and west of Cascade Mountains. Common in winter in 

 the neighbourhood of Clinton. Mr. Brooks reports it from Chilliwhack and 

 Okanagan. Rare at Metlakatla. (Eev. J. II. Keen.) 



OARPODACUS Kaup. 



253. California Purple Finch. 



Carpodaci(s purpitreus califor7iicus (Baird). 



An abundant summer resident west of Cascades. Quite a number winter 

 on Vancouver Island. 



254. Cassin's Purple Pinch. 



Carpoclacus cassini (Baird). 

 East of Cascades to Rocky Mountains. Tolerably comnK)n. 



LOXIA LlNNiEUS. 



255. American Crossbill. 



Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm.). 

 An abundant resident throughout the Province, Island and Mainland. 



256. White-winged Crossbill. 



Loxia leAicoptera (Gmel.). 



An abundant resident chiefly on the Mainland, occasionally west to 

 Vancouver Island, 



