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from the south. Two specimens taken on Burrard Inlet in May, 1870, one of which is now 
in the Provincial Museum, 
Occurrence in Washington.—Has undoubtedly crossed the State, as above. 
B. C. & H. No. 17. 
WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS. 
A. O. U. No. 187. Plegadis guarauna (Linn.). 
Description.—Adult; Bill curved downward, black, reddening on tip; lores and eye- 
lids naked, lake-red, this area and hase of bill above and below surrounded by narrow 
border of white feathers, the “face”; head, neck and underparts rich purplish chestnut; 
upperparts dark, with brilliant metallic iridescence of green, golden-green, violet and purple— 
surpassingly beautiful! Young entirely lustrous green, giving place to brownish or gray 
below in transition to chestnut of adult. Length ur adult male 22.00-24.00; wing 10.00-11.00; 
tail 4.00; bill 5.00-5.50; tarsus 3.75. Female smaller, 
Nesting.—Nesits in colonies in reeds; composed of broken-down reeds attached to 
living ones; well built and deeply cupped. Eggs: 3 or 4, deep bluish-green. Av. size, 
2.00 x 1.40. 
General Range.—Chiefly western United States, especially western Texas, east to 
Florida, north to Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and Oregon; casually to British Columbia; 
south through West Indies, Mexico, Central America and tropical South America. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—One specimen taken in the early fall of 1004 at 
Sardis (Chilliwack Valley), a young bird in fest plumage. Another is said to have been 
taken on Salt Springs Island, and there is supposed to be a still earlier record but there 
are no specimens to substantiate these. 
Supposed Occurrence in Washington.—These birds still breed in large numbers about 
some of the interior lakes of Oregon. Very similar conditions exist on a smaller scale in 
eastern Washington and it is almost certain that the birds formerly occurred here if they 
do not now do so. 
B. C. & H. No. 18. 
STILT SANDPIPER. 
AO. U. No 233. Micropalama himantopus ( Bonap.). 
Description.—Adult in summer: Upperparts blackish with considerable buffy, or 
tawny, and white edging; a blackish line orn bill to eye; auriculars rufous—the color 
continued indistinctly around back of head; top of head dusky streaked with whitish; the 
remainder of head and neck dull white, dusky-streaked; wing-coverts and secondaries gray- 
ish, the latter edged with white; primaries fuscous; rump ashy; upper tail-coverts white, 
barred and striped with dusky; underparts whitish, streaked with dusky and ochraceous on 
fore breast, elsewhere dusky-barred; bill and feet greenish black. Adult in winter: Above 
brownish gray with traces of black and tawny mottling, or not, the feathers more or less 
edged with whitish; upper tail-coverts white; the tail white, the feathers bordered with 
brownish gray; underparts white shaded with grayish, and more or less dusky-streaked on 
sides of neck. throat, and sides; legs and feet greenish yellow. /mmature: Similar to adult 
in winter but blackish above, and with edgings of ochraceous-buff; breast and sides more or 
less buffy-tinged. Length 7.50-9.00; wing 5.15; bill 1.65; tarsus 1.62. 
Recognition Marks.—Chewink size; bill with flattened punctate tip; comparatively 
long legs. 
 aesenl Range.—Eastern North America, breeding north of the United States, and 
migrating in winter to Bermuda, West Indies, and Central and South America. Casual 
west of the Rockies. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—I shot two specimens September roth, 18909, at 
Sumas Lake, the only ones I have ever seen. Both birds were in the first plumage. 
B. C. & H. No. 19. 
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 
A. O. U. No. 256. Helodromas solitarius (Wils.). 
Description.—Similar to H. s. cinnamomeus (q. v, p. 671) but sides of head darker 
and spotting of upperparts white or creamy, never cinnamomeus. 
General Range.—North America except Pacific coast region, but casually westward 
to Pacific; breeding chiefly north of the United States and wintering in South America 
south to Argentine Republic. ; : / 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—Both forms of the Solitary Sandpiper occur in the 
