104 Brooks, Some British Columbia Birds. antl 
NOTES ON SOME OF THE BIRDS OF BRITISH 
COLUMBIA. 
BY ALLAN BROOKS. 
1. Stercorarius longicaudus. LoNG-—TAILED JAEGER.— A rare though 
regular fall migrant to the lower Fraser Valley. I have only observed it 
during the month of October. One white-breasted adult taken at Sumas 
Lake. 
2. Gavia alba. Ivory GuLi. — A fine adult was taken at Penticton on 
the southern extremity of Okanagan Lake during the month of October, 
1897, by Mr. J. T. Studley. No cold or stormy weather had occurred to 
account for the occurrence of this Arctic Gull so far from its habitat. 
3. XKema sabinii. SaBiNne’s GuLL. —I shot a young specimen on the 
north end of Okanagan Lake Sept. 9, 1897. I had noticed it for two days, 
hawking for insects close to the surface of the water in company with 
large numbers of Night Hawks. 
4. Sterna paradisea. ArcTic TERN. 
5. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. BLACK TERN. — These are the 
only species of Tern I have taken in this Province, the former only on 
Okanagan Lake in October, the latter at several points on both sides of 
the Cascade Mountains. It breeds in Chilcotin. 
6. Anas discors. BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 
7. Anas cyanoptera. CINNAMON TEAL.— Both of these used to breed 
in numbers in the vicinity of Chilliwack and Sumas, on the lower Fraser, 
but they are now scarce, owing to the prevalent floods in June which flood 
out their nests. 
8. Glaucionetta islandica. BArRRows’s GOLDEN-EYE. — An abundant 
summer resident in the interior of British Columbia. 
9. Micropalama himantopus. STILT SANDPIPER.—I shot two Sept. 19 
at Sumas Lake, the only ones I have ever seen. They were in the first 
plumage. 
10. Tringa bairdii. Barirp’s SANDPIPER. — Except T. minutilla, the 
most abundant 7y¢azga in British Columbia. 
Ir. Ereunetes pusillus. SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. — Very abun- 
dant east of the Cascades and a regular migrant down the lower Fraser 
and the coast, arriving as a rule about two weeks ahead of £&. occédentalis 
in the fall migration. 
12. Accipiter atricapillus. AMERICAN GOSHAWK. 
13. Accipiter a. striatulus. WrSTERN GosHAWK. — I have taken both 
forms both east and west of the Cascades. The latter seems to be the 
only form that breeds in southern British Columbia where I have noticed 
