Vol 'l909^ VI ] Brooks, Notes on Birds of Okanagan, B. C. 61 



Totanus solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. 



Totanus s. cinnamomeus. Western Solitary Sandpiper. — Both 

 forms of the Solitary Sandpiper occur in the Okanagan district in about 

 equal numbers, as is proved by a series collected by myself in the past four 

 years. Neither breed, though young with down still adhering have been 

 taken 



Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. — The Prairie Falcon occurs 

 throughout southern British Columbia but the only locality I have found 

 it breeding is in the southern portion of the Okanagan district. A pair had 

 a nest in a cliff near the residence of Mr. C. deB. Green at Osoyoos Lake; 

 near by was the eerie of another falcon — a Peregrine — the male of which 

 incessantly badgered the female Prairie Falcon, with a series of splendid 

 stoops. 



Falco peregrinus pealei. Peale's Falcon. — In the semi-arid interior 

 one would naturally expect to find the pale form of the Peregrine, but 

 while the adults are not particularly dark, the young are fully as dark as 

 the darkest specimens I have seen on the coast. 



In the young the whole mantle is sooty black, the feathers edged with 

 cinnamon — not whitish or buffy as in typical anatum. The lower surface 

 is heavily streaked. Still it is well known among falconers how the young 

 of these falcons vary, even in the same localities, so I place these only 

 provisionally under pealei. 



Falco columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. — The breeding Merlin is nearly 

 pale enough for richardsoni but the number of tail bars agrees with 

 columbarius. 



Young birds that I take to be richardsonii occur on migrations, but I have 

 only once taken suckleyi east of the Cascades, a young female taken in 

 August, 1907, at Okanagan Landing. 



In the very large number of Merlins that I have collected or examined 

 in British Columbia, representing all three subspecies, only one suckleyi 

 showed any approach to columbarius, while a number of puzzling inter- 

 grades between columbarius and richardsonii have been noted. 



Otus asio kennicottii. Kennicott's Screech Owl. — The Screech 

 Owls of the Okanagan and Osoyoos districts, while averaging rather paler 

 than coast specimens, are nearer the above form than the Rocky Mountain 

 subspecies, maxwellim. 



Otus flammeola idahoensis. Dwarf Screech Owl. — In November, 

 1902, I picked up a dilapidated specimen of this little owl on the beach at 

 Penticton at the south end of Okanagan Lake. This is the only Canadian 

 record. 



Sphyrapicus thyroideus. Williamson's Sapsucker. — When surveying 

 in the hills near Fairview in the Osoyoos district Mr. C. deB. Green had a 

 male of this sapsucker within close range for some time. With his transit 

 telescope he was enabled to note every feather, and described the markings 

 so minutely that there can be no doubt of the species. 



There is also an old record for Similkameen made I think by R. V. 

 Griffin. 



