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t75. Cyanospiza am(ena (Say). Lazuli-Finch. 



7Q. GuiRACA MELANOCEPHALA, Swaius. Black-Headcd 

 Grosbeak. 



+ 77. PiNicoLA CANADENSIS (Brelim). Canadian Grosbeak. 



Hitherto not known on the Pacific coast. During the winter 

 of 1866, whilst snow was lying on the ground, two pairs (males 

 and females) were shot at Fort Rupert. 



78. Sturnella neglecta, Aud. Western Meadow-Lark. 



t79. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus (Wagler). Brewer's 

 Blackbird. 



80. AoELiEUS phceniceus (L.). Red- winged Blackbird. 



^81. Xanthocephalus icterocephalus (Bonap.). Yel- 

 low-Headed Blackbird. 



82. CoRvus carnivorus, Barton. American Raven. 



83. CoRVUS caurinus, Baird. North-western Fish-Crow. 



84. Cyanura stelleri (Gm.). Steller's Jay. 



— 85. Perisoreus canadensis (L.). Whiskey-Jack. 



t86. Pica hudsonica (Sabine). Magpie. 



I have not seen this bird myself in Vancouver Island ; but 

 I have often heard old settlers say that it has been seen near 

 Victoria. It is common as far north as Sitka, and possibly 

 further. 



-f- 87. CoLUMBA fasciata. Say. Bar-tailed Pigeon. 



I am assured, by the Hudson's-Bay officers who have stayed 

 for several years at Fort Simpson (British Columbia) and have 

 paid considerable attention to ornithology, that this bird is not 

 found so far north, and j)i'obably does not go north of JNIillbank 

 Sound. 



-h 88. Zenaidura cabolinensis (L.). Carolina or Common 

 Dove. 



-^ 89. Tetrao obsourus. Say. Blue or Pine-Grouse. 



This is certainly not the bird figured under this name in 

 the ' Fauna Boreali-Americana' (vol. li. pi. 59), which does not 



