44 Brooxs, Birds of the Chilliwack District, B. C. ae 
out of a flock of 20 at Sumas, February 4, 1896. The only ones I ever saw 
in this district. 
173. Leucosticte tephrocotis tephrocotis. GRAyY-cROWNED Rosy 
Fincu.— In the winter of ’96-’97 I collected one or two typical tephrocotis 
from flocks of the next subspecies on Sumas prairie, also a good many of 
littoralis with brown feathers in the checks showing an approach to the 
former. 
174. Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis. HmpBuRN’s Rosy Fincu.— 
Abundant the winter of ’96-’97. Usually rare. Breeds on Mt. Che-am 
and other high peaks. 
175. Acanthis linaria linaria. Reproii.— Irregular winter visi- 
tant. Sometimes common. Usually present during alternate winters. 
Latest spring record, April 6, 1896. 
176. Acanthis linaria exilipes. Hoary RreppoLi.— One specimen 
taken, typical as to the bill but flanks and lower coverts slightly streaked. 
I must protest against the usage of classing the Hoary Redpoll as a sub- 
species of hornemanni, it is clearly a subspecies of linaria, as every inter- 
grade both as to shape of bill and tone and pattern of plumage between the 
two can be found in any large series, but no intergrades between exilipes 
and hornemanni; and though absolutely typical examples of the former 
are almost exact miniatures of the latter the majority of exilipis show a far 
closer approach to linaria. 
177. Spinus pinus. Prine Siskin.— Common resident. 
178. Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis. Snow Buntina.— Scarce 
though fairly regular winter visitant to Sumas prairie. 
179. Calcarius lapponicus alascensis. AtLaskaANn LoNGSPUR.— 
Common in the fall, rare in spring, one or two remain all winter. 
180. Rhynchophanes mccowni. McCown’s Lonespur.— Two rec- 
ords. An adult male in full breeding plumage taken on a little ridge of 
natural prairie on our ranch at Chilliwack, June 1, 1887, and two females 
taken at the identical spot three years later almost to a day, after watching 
them circle about high in the air for about quarter of an hour. All three 
of course were stragglers only. I have never seen the species in the dry 
interior though I have always been on the lookout for it. It goes very much 
against the grain for me to put this in a different genus from the Lapland 
and Chestnut-collared Longspurs. All three are so perfectly congeneric 
in structure, notes, and habits. 
181. Pocecetes gramineus affinis. OreGcoNn VESPER SPARROW.— 
Very scarce migrant only. 
182. Passerculus sandwichensis sandwichensis. ALEUTIAN Sa- 
VANNAH SpARROW.— Tolerably common migrant. 
183. Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus. WursTERN SAVANNAH 
Sparrow.— Abundant migrant, common breeder, and an occasional bird 
seen all winter. Some splitter will undoubtedly some day separate the 
small breeding form of the marshes and low meadows from the larger bird 
that passes through in great numbers when the small bird is sitting on eggs, 
