hireling, a clock-watcher, and his sufficient as coveted meed is the pay envelope. 

 But those of us wdio enjoy the work are sufficiently rewarded already. What 

 tho the envelope be empty ! We"ve had our fun and — well. yes. we'd do it again, 

 especially if you thought it worth while. 



But tlie chief reward of this labor of love has been the sense of fellowship 

 engendered. The progress of the wurk under what seemed at times insuperable 

 difliculties has been, nevertheless, a continuous revelation of good will. "Every- 

 body helps" is the motto of the Seattle .spirit, and it is just as characteri.stic of the 

 entire Pacific Northwest. Everybody has helped and the result is a composite 

 achievement, a monument of patience, fidelity, and generosity far other than 

 my own. 



I gratefully acknowledge indebtedness to Professor Robert Ridgway for 

 counsel and assistance in determining State records: to Dr. A. K. Fisher for 

 records and for comparison of specimens ; to Dr. Chas. \\'. Richmond for con- 

 firmation of records; to Messrs. William L. Finley, Herman T. Bohlman, A. W'. 

 Anthony, W. H. Wright, Fred. S. -Merrill, Warburton Pike, Walter 1. Burton. 

 A. Gordon Bowles, and Walter K. Fisher, for the use of photographs; to Messrs. 

 J. M. Edson, D. E. Brown, A. B. Reagan, E. S. Woodcock, and to a score of 

 others beside for hospitality and for assistance afield : to Samuel Rathbun, 

 Prof. E. S. Meany. Prof. O. B. Johnson, Prof. W. T. Shaw, Aliss .Vdelaide Pol- 

 lock, and Miss Jennie V. Getty, for generous cooperation and courtesies of many 

 .sorts; to Francis Kermode, Esq., for use of the Provincial Museum collections, 

 and to Prof. Trevor Kincaid for similar permission in case of the University of 

 Washington collections. My sjiecial thanks are due my friend. Prof. Lynds Jones, 

 the proven comrade of many an ornithological cruise, who upon brief notice and 

 at no little sacrifice has prepared the .\nalytical Key which accompanies this work. 



My wife has rendered invaluable service in preparing manuscript for press, 

 and has shared with me the arduous duties of proof-reading. My father. Rev. 

 W. E. Dawson, of Blaine, has gone over most of the manuscript and has offered 

 many highly esteemed suggestions. 



To our patrons and subscribers, whose timely and indulgent support has made 

 this enterprise possible, I offer my sincercst thanks. To the trustees of the 

 Occidental Publishing Company I am under a lasting debt of gratitude, in that 

 they have jilanned and counselled freely, and in that they have so heartily seconded 

 my efforts to make this work as beautiful as possible with the funds at command. 



One's roll of obligations cannot be reckoned comjjlete without some recogni- 

 tion also of the rlumb things, the products of stranger hearts and brains, which 

 have faithfully served their uses in this undertaking: my Warner-and-Swasey 

 binoculars (8-power) — I would not undertake to write a bird-book without them; 

 the Graflex camera, which has taken most of the life portraits: the King canvas 

 boat which has made study of the interior lake life possible; — all deserve hon- 

 orable mention. 



Then there is the i)hysical side of the book itself. One cannot reckon up the 



