964 BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPPLEMENT. 
DIVISION  B. 
Description of species known to occur in British Columbia but presumed 
not to occur in Washington. 
B.C... Nou-X. 
QUEEN CHARLOTTE JAY. 
A. O. U. No, 478d. Cyanocitta stelleri carlottae. Osgood. 
Synonym.—Oscoon's Jay. : 
Description.—"Similar to C. s. stelleri, [q. v. p. 33] but larger and decidedly darker, 
the blue of a more violet hue, the back and the foreneck slightly sooty slate-black (decidedly 
less brown than in C. s. stelleri)” (Ridgway). 
General Range.—Queen Charlotte Islands, B, C.; also southern portion (at least) of 
Prince of Wales Island (Howkan). 
B. C. No. 2. 
RUSTY BLACKBIRD. 
A. O. U. No, 509. Euphagus carolinus (Mull.). 
Synonyms.—Rusty Grackie. THrusn Brackuirp, 
Description.—Adult male in breeding plumage: Uniform glossy black, with bluish 
green reflections; iris pale straw. At other seasons the plumage bears rufous or “rusty” 
tips above, especially anteriorly, and rufescent or buffy tips below, in varying proportions; 
a light line also over the eye. Adult female in breeding plumage; Bilackish slate, lustrous 
above, duller below. At other seasons the general cast of plumage is lighter, and the overlay 
of rusty or buffy is similar to that of the male. Adult male, length 9.00-9.60; wing 4.49; 
tail 3.68; bill .76. Female smaller. 
Nesting.—Nest: of sticks and coarse grasses held together with mud, lined with fine 
grasses and rootlets, placed in bushes or high in coniferous trees. Eggs: 4-7, grayish or 
pale green, speckled and mottled with purples or reddish browns, and without streaks or 
lines. Av. size, 1.00 x .76. 
General Range.—Eastern and northern North America, west to Alaska and the Plains. 
Breeds from northern United States northward. Winters from Kentucky and Tennessee 
southward. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—Casual. One specimen taken at Metlakatla, Nov. 
25, 1901, by Rev. J. H. Keene and presented by him to the Provincial Museum. 
B. C.. No. 3. 
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. 
A. O.U. No. 561. Spizella pallida (Swains.). 
Description.—Above chiefly flaxen or clay-colored streaked distinctly with black; hind- 
neck more ashy; rump brownish gray; a pale median stripe; a whitish superciliary; lores 
and auriculars brownish; a dark postocular stripe and another from angle of mouth bounding 
the brown; below this a dusky maxillary streak; underparts soiled whitish. Length about 
5.25; wing 2.40; tail 2.35; bill .37. 
Nesting.—Much as in S. breweri, 
General Range.—The Great Plains north to the Saskatchewan, west to the Rocky 
Mountains and casually further; south in winter to Texas and Mexico, 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—Two singing males were taken by the writer on 
Carpenter's Mountain near 158-Mile House, Cariboo, July 3rd, root. No others were seen 
and it did not appear probable that these were strictly resident or breeding birds but rather 
belated wanderers or scouts. The specimens were wrongly reported at first under the name 
S. breweri, material for comparison not being at hand, 
