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made on the following dates: May 31, 1912, one; May 27, 1915, one; 

 May 10, 1917, two; October 2, 1917, two. 



Gavia stellata. Red-throated Loon. — On November 22, 1915, the 

 writer picked up a juvenal female, on the shore of Okanagan Lake. This 

 is the first record for the Okanagan District. 



Querquedula discors. Blue-winged Teal. — Common in the 

 Cariboo District. A number of specimens were sent to me in the flesh, 

 from 105 Mile House, in the fall of 1915. They are comparatively rare in 

 the Okanagan District. Five were seen during the month of May, 1915, 

 and three of them secured. 



Recurvirostra americana. Avocet. — There is a mounted specimen, 

 unsexed, in the Provincial Game Wardens office at Vancouver; shot near 

 the mouth of the Fraser by Mr. N. H. Bain on September 20, 1915. This is 

 the second record for the province. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. Long-billed Dowitcher. — An adult 

 male, in breeding dress taken on July 30, 1915, and two juvenal males 

 collected on September 9, 1916, are the only Okanagan records. 



Strix occidentalis caurina. Northern Spotted Owl. — Mr. T. L. 

 Thacker of Hope, B.C., recently sent me the wings and head of a Northern 

 Spotted Owl that had been shot near Klesilkwa Creek in the Hope Moun- 

 tains, on June 24, 1916. Mr. Thacker informs me that he has seen these 

 " brown eyed owls " several times, in heavily timbered country, on the 

 pacific side of the Hope Mountains. 



Chaetura vauxi. Vaux's Swift. — Common near Hedley in the 

 Semelkameen Valley. A number were seen in the narrow, deep, Nickle 

 Plate Canyon, dashing about the cliffs in company with Violet-green Swal- 

 lows. Several females that were collected on June 7, 1917, showed worn 

 breeding patch. It is possible that they nested in some of the deep crevices 

 in the high cliffs. 



Mr. T. L. Thacker sent me a nestling in the flesh, from Yale, B. C. It 

 had fallen from a nest that was built under the roof of the C. P. R. water 

 tank. There are a number of small openings under the eaves, and Mr. 

 Thacker tells me that several pairs breed there every year. 



Aeronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. — Major Allan 

 Brooks published a sight record in 1909. 1 The following year he made a 

 trip to the southern Okanagan, in search of this bird, but was unsuccessful. 

 No further reports of its occurrence were received until the summer of 

 1917, when Mr. George N. Gartrell, found a breeding colony, estimated 

 at seven pairs, in a rock bluff near Vaseaux Lake. He was able to secure 

 two specimens on June 29; these skins are now in my collection. 



Zamelodia melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. — An adult 

 male, taken at Okanagan Landing, on May 30, 1916, is the only local 

 record. — J. A. Mtjnro, Okanagan Landing, British Columbia. 



i Auk, Vol. XXVI, No. 1, January, 1909. 



