WASHINGTON HYPOTHETICAL LIST. 981 
HiesNow 35s 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CREEPER. 
A. O. U. No. 726b. Certhia familiaris montana Ridgway. 
Description.—Similar to C. f. zelotes (q. v. p. 205) but decidedly lighter and less brown 
above, with tawny of rump lighter and whitish streaks broader; superciliary broader, more 
purely white; underparts brighter; averaging larger. 
General Range.—Rocky Mountain district breeding from Arizona and New Mexico 
north to Alaska. 
Supposed Qccurrence in Washington.—Case very similar to that of the Bluebirds 
above. 
H. No. 36. 
WESTERN BLACK PHC:BE. 
A. O. U. No. 458a. Sayornis nigricans semiatra (Vigors). 
Description.—General color sooty brown or blackish, most intense on head and breast; 
belly and posterior underparts abruptly pure white; lining of wings, edges of inner seconda- 
ries, and outer web of outer tail-feathers whitish. Length 6.50-7.00; wing 3.70; tail 3.50; 
bill .50; tarsus .67. 
General Range.—‘ Mainly in Lower Sonoran zone on the Pacific Coast, from Oregon 
to Colima, Mexico; also most of Arizona” (Bailey). 
Supposed Occurrence in Washington.—The record by Hubbard (Zoe III., July, 1802, 
p. 143) of a bird seen near Chehalis has been made the basis of several inferential publica- 
tions. It is probable that the bird seen was really the Western Wood Pewee (Myiochanes 
richardsonit) which is significantly omitted from his list. Also concerning the much-quoted 
Salem record (American Naturalist, 1880, p. 637), Prof. O. B. Johnson informs me that he 
did not see the bird; it was only described to him. The fact is the entire tradition of Black 
Pheebes seen north of the Umpqua Valley in southern Oregon, wil] not bear examination. 
H. No. 37. 
PASSENGER PIGEON. 
A. O. U. No. 315. Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). 
Synonyms.—\WiLp Picron. Micratory PrcEon. 
Description.—Adult male: Upperparts and head all around bluish slate, purest on 
head and rump, with beautiful metallic iridescence,—purplish red and golden on sides and 
back of neck, glossed with olive on back, heavily shaded with olive-gray on middle back 
and proximal portion of wings; the outer scapulars and inner wing-coverts and tertials 
spotted or tipped with velvety black; primaries fuscous, with some gray external edging; 
tail tapering, its feathers graduated for more than half its length, the central pair of 
feathers blackish, the remainder white on exposed portions and below; chest and below 
deep vinaceous-rufous, fading thru vinaceous pink on lower breast and sides to white of 
lower belly and crissum; iris orange, surrounding skin red; bill black; “feet lake red, 
drying an undefinable color.” Adult female: Similar to male, but brownish gray on head, 
paling on throat; underparts drab, fading to pale brownish gray on sides; iridescence of 
neck less marked; a little smaller. Length 15.c0-17.50; wing 8.25; tail 8.00-9.00; bill .72. 
General Range.—“Eastern North America from Hudson Bay southward, and west to 
the Great Plains, straggling thence to Nevada and Washington. Breeding range now mainly 
restricted to portions of the Canadas and the northern border of the United States as far 
west as Manitoba and the Dakotas.’—A. O. U. 1895. Now rare and verging on extinction 
with breeding haunts, 1f any, unknown (1909). 
Supposed Occurrence in Washington.—A somewhat careful examination of the Pas- 
senger Pigeon tradition, including the circumstantial account in the Auk, has convinced me 
that so far as Washington is concerned all alleged records are based on misidentification of 
the resident species, Columba fasciata. 
H. No. 38. 
GREEN HERON. 
A. O. U. No. 201. Butorides virescens (Linn.). 
Description.—Adult: Top of head and occipital crest glossy dark green (bottle- 
green) ; median line of throat and neck white, with admixture of greenish black posteriorly ; 
remainder of head and neck white, with admixture of greenish black posteriorly; remainder 
of head and neck rich maroon-chestnut, the feathers more or less decomposed; lower neck 
