V0 o ,X l Rhoads, Washington and British Columbia Birds. 

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Brachyramphus nfarmoratus. 1 



Cepphus columba. 1 



Uria troile californica. 



Larus argentatus smithsonianus ? 



Larus californicus. 1 



Larus delawarensis. 1 



Larus brachyrhynchus. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinatus 



Merganser serrator. 1 



Lophodytes cucullatus. 1 



Anas discors. 



Spatula clypeata. 1 



Aix sponsa. 1 



Aythya americana. 



llistrionicus histrionicus. ' 



Anser albifrons gatnbeli. 1 



Branta canadensis hutchinsii. 1 



Branta canadensis occidentalis. 1 



Branta canadensis minima. 



Olor buccinator. 1 



Grus mexicana? 



Porzana Carolina. 



Fulica americana. 1 



Tringa canutus. 



Totanus flavipes. 



Arenaria interpres. 1 



Hsematopus bachmani. 



Oreortyx pictus. 1 



Callipepla californica vallicola. 



Dendragapus franklinii. 1 



Lagopus leucurus. 



Cathartes aura. 1 



Circus hudsonicus. 1 



Falco peregrinus pealei. 



Falco eolumbarius suckle vi. 



Asio wilsonianus. 



Svrnium occidentale. 



Megascops asio kennicottii. 1 



Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii. 1 



Sphyrapicus ruber. 1 



Cvpseloides niger. 



Pica pica hudsonica. 1 



Agelaius phoeniceus. 1 - 



Progne subis.- 1 



Vireo solitarius cassinii.' 



Dendroica coronata. 1 



Sitta carolinensis aculeata. 



Sitta canadensis. 



Parus atricapillus occidentalis. 



Simorhynchus pusillus. Least Auklet. — Mr. Jos. Edwards, of the 

 well-known firm of Edwards Bros., taxidermists, of Tacoma, called my 

 attention to the occurrence of a "very small Auklet," a pair of which were 

 seen by his father on Puget Sound during the wfnter of 188S. One of 

 these was wounded and finally escaped after a very close pursuit by the 

 two men in a canoe. 



The diminutive size of this Auklet as compared with Ptychoramphus 

 aleuticHS, or any other of its congeners known to inhabit those waters, 

 and the great familiarity of Mr. Edwards with these, makes the authen- 

 ticity of this record almost unquestionable, and extends its winter range 

 several hundred miles south of previous records. 



Syrnium occidentale. Spotted Owl. — Two Owls (one of which is 

 in the collection'), taken by Edwards Bros, twelve miles east of Tacoma, 

 on the western foothills of the Cascades, prove to be almost identical with 

 Xantus's type of Syrnium occidentale taken at Fort Tejon, California. 

 In color the Washington specimens agree with the type in being darker 



1 Washington species included in Cooper and Suckley's Pacific R. R. Report of 

 i860, Vol: XII. 



2 Mistaken for A. gubernator by Lawrence, Auk, IX, 45. 



