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972 BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPPLEMENT. 
B. C. & H.. No. 4. 
HARRIS'S SPARROW, 
A. O. U. No, 553. Zonotrichia querula (Nutt.). 
Synonym.—Hoopen Crown Srarrow. 
Description.—Adult male; Crown, face, and throat jet black; sides of head ashy white; 
breast and below white; sides, flanks, and crissum with a tawny wash and obscurely streaked ; 
above, brown of various shades, inclining to bay on the nape, decidedly olivaceous on rump 
and upper tail-coverts ; feathers of upper back, scapulars, and tg Popp black centrally; 
wings and tail fuscous; bill coral-red. Female: Similar but with black of head and throat 
restricted. Jn winter the plumage of both sexes is toned down by ochraceous wash of upper 
parts and sides, and the feathers of the crown are bordered narrowly with ashy or buff. 
ength 6.75-7.75; wing 3.20-3.60; tail 3.30-3.75. 
Recognition Marks.—Chewink size; black hood (especially throat) of adults. 
Nesting.—Known only from Bendire's description of a set not certainly identified. 
Supposed to nest on ground or low in bushes. Eggs white, thickly sprinkled with brown. 
Ay, size, .85 x .65. 
General Range.—Middle United States from Illinois, Missouri, and lowa west to 
middle Kansas and the Dakotas, and from Texas north to Manitoba and probably Hudson 
Bay. Accidental on Vancouver Island and in British Columbia and Oregon. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—A notable invasion of British Columbia by this 
sparrow of the Middle West occurred during the winter of 1894-5. Specimens were taken 
by A. T. Maynard at Cadboro Bay in October, by W. B. Anderson at Comox in November, 
and by the writer at Sumas in January. At the last-named locality the pair taken were 
associated with Juncoes in a barn-yard on Sumas Prairie. Another was seen a month later 
at Chilliwack, All of these, be it noted, were young birds. 
Occurrence in Washington.— Presumptive, as above. 
B. C. & H. No. 5. 
WESTERN GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 
AW O. LU. No 54a. Coturniculus savannarum bimaculatus (Swains.). 
Description.—Adults in spring: Crown blackish brown, parted by a median stripe of 
buffy gray; nape gray, spotted with chestnut; remaining upperparts black and fuscous, 
feathers edged with gray and tipped with rufous in varying preppsvone \e single feather, 
as from the greater wing-coverts, will exhibit the four colors); below, buffy gray, brightest 
on the breast; the sides and flanks washed with rufous; an elongated spot over the eye, 
bend of the wing, and edge of wing near alula, yellow; bill horn-color above, yellow below; 
feet yellow. /n winter: Brighter colored, with less of black and more of chestnut, Length 
4.85-5.20; wing 2.50; tail 1.75; bill AB. Female slightly smaller. 
Recognition Marks.—Warbler size; unmarked below; bright yellow edge of wing; 
grasshopper notes; an obscure, close- hiding, terrestrial species. 
Nesting.— Vest: on the ground, well concealed by grass tussock; made of grasses, and 
sometimes lined with hair. Eggs: 4-6, clear white, speckled and spotted with reddish brown, 
chiefly about larger end. Av. size, .73 x .55. 
General Range.—WesStern North America from the Plains to the Pacific, south to 
Mexico and Lower California. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—A scarce though regular breeder throughout the 
Okanagan Valley from Penticton and Osoyoos to Vernon. 
Supposed Occurrence in Washington.—lf as above, bird must occur also in the lower 
Okanogan valley upon the Washington side and probably in the parallel valleys of Ferry 
and Stevens counties. 
B. C. & H. No, 6. 
ALASKAN YELLOW WARBLER. 
A. O. U. No. 652). Dendroica aestiva rubiginosa (Pallas). 
Description. —Similar to D. aestiva (q. v. p. 178) but upperparts darker and duller, 
more olivaceous and with narrower edgings on wings and tail Adult female also duller 
yellow below. 
General Range.—Alaska both coastwise and in the interior, south through British 
Columbia to Vancouver Island; south in winter to southern California, Texas and Central 
America. 
