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 PASSER Brisson. 



264. House Sparrow. 



Passes' domesticus (Linn.). 

 This bird has now become quite common in the cities along tlie Coast. 



PASSERINA (ViRiLL). 



265. Snowflake. 



Passerina nivalis (LiNN.). 



Not common on Vancouver Island. More abundant east of Cascades on 

 the Mainland. 



CALCARIUS Bechstein. 



266. Lapland Longspur. 



Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.). 



The Province at large, but nowhere common. It has been taken a 

 Victoria, Chilliwhack, Burrard Inlet, Okanagan, Fort Simpson and Metla' 

 katla. 



RHYNCHOPHANES Baird. . 



267. McCown's Longspur. 



Rhynchoplianes mccownii (Lawr.). 

 Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks. 



POCECETES Baird. 



268. Western Vesper Sparrow. 



Pocecetes gramineus confinis (Baird). 

 Interior portions of the Mainland east of Cascades, and in the Okanagan. 



269. Oregon Vesper Sparrow. 



Pocecetes gramineus affinis (Miller). 

 West of Cascades, including Vancouver Island. 



PASSERCULUS Bonaparte. 



270. Sandwich Sparrow. 



Passerculus sandivichensis (Gmel.). 



An abundant summer resident west of Cascades on the Mainland, 

 including Vancouver Island. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Okanagan. 



