966 BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPPLEMENT. 
_ -Nesting.—Nest: of twigs, grasses and weed-stalks, carefully lined with fine rootlets, 
in coniferous trees, usually three to ten feet high on horizontal branches. Eggs: 3.-5, white, 
spotted and blotched with hazel, reddish brown and cinnamon. Av. size, .65 x 
General Range.—Eastern North America west to the Rocky Mountains and casually 
to British Columbia, breeding from Northern border of the United States north to Hudson 
Bay and the Great Slave Lake; south in winter to Mexico, Central America and the Antilles, 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—This species was first reported as a resident of our 
Province by Samuel N. Rhoads who in the summer of 1892 took a specimen at Field and 
saw others near Vernon. I found it fairly common at Quesnelle during the fall migrations 
and have taken specimens at Okanagan. 
B. C. No. 6. 
BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 
A. O. U. No. 661. Dendroica striata (Forst.). 
Description.—Adult male in breeding plumage: Top of head uniform lustrous black; 
cheeks, hind neck, and cervical collar white, minutely streaked with black; remaining upper- 
parts olive-gray streaked with black; wings and tail dusky with narrow olive-gray edging 
on exposed webs; two loose white wing-bars formed by tips of coverts; two outer pairs 0} 
tail-feathers with subterminal white blotches; traces of white on remaining pairs, except 
central; underparts white, extensively streaked with -black on sides, the streaks usually 
confluent on sides of throat; bill dark above, light below; feet pale. Adult female in spring: 
Above, including crown, grayish olive-green; everywhere streaked with black; below whitish, 
tinged with greenish yellow on breast and sides, and with dusky lateral streaks. Adult male 
in autumn and winter: Very different from the summer plumage. Above dull olive-green 
shading into olive-gray on rump, streaked on back with black; underparts pale olive-yellow 
faintly streaked with dusky on sides; under tail-coverts white. Length 5.50; wing 2.95; 
tail 1.95; bill .30. 
Nesting.—Nest: of twigs, moss, etc., placed on lower branches of coniferous trees. 
Eggs 4 or 5, of the usual Warbler type. Av. size, .70 x .54. 
General Range.—North America east of the Rocky Mountains north to Alaska and 
Greenland; south in winter to northern South America. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—At Quesnelle I once shot a Black-poll Warbler in 
the first plumage but was unable to find it in the thick brush. Through a close acquaintance 
with this species in Ontario I am positive of the identity, as when first seen the bird was 
within five feet of me and I had a good look at it. The bird is known to breed in western 
Alaska and it is probably of regular occurrence in the extreme northeastern part of our 
Province. 
B. C. No. 7. 
COLUMBIAN CHICKADEE, 
A. OU. No. 740b. Penthestes hudsonicus columbianus Rhoads. 
Description.—Forehead and lores sooty black; crown (broadly) and hind-neck slaty; 
remaining upperparts dark brown; throat jet black; a white area on cheeks broadening 
posteriorly but cut off by slaty on sides of neck; remaining underparts dull whitish, strongly 
washed with dull rufous on sides, flanks and under tail-coverts, Length about 5.00; wing 
2.70; tail 2.65; tarsus .67. 
Nest and eggs like those of other Chickadces. 
. General Range.—Resident in Rocky Mountain district from Liard River south to 
Montana. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.— Breeding above the 4000 foot level on the mountains 
west of Okanagan Lake—the most westerly record taken. The birds become common 
easterly and northerly, always at high or moderately high levels. I found it fairly abundant 
in the Cariboo district in heavy timber from 2500 feet up. 
B. C. No. 8. 
QUEEN CHARLOTTE WOODPECKER. 
AO. U. No. 303f Dryobates villosus picoideus (Osgood). 
Description.—Similar to D. v. harrisii (q. v. p. 420) but sides more decidedly streaked 
and middle of back spotted with blackish, 
Range.— Queen Charlotte Islands. 
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