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225. Hammond's Flycatcher. 



Empidonax Jiammondi (XANTUS.). 



Summer resident. Chiefly on the Mainland, east and west of Cascade 

 Mountains. A few have been taken on Vancouver Island. 



226. Wright's Flycatcher. 



Empidonax wrightii (BAIRD). 

 Summer resident. Taken at Chilli whack and Okanagan. (Brooks.) 



FAMILY ALAUDIDJE. LARKS. 

 OTOCORIS BONAPARTE. 



227. PaUid Horned Lark. 



Otocoris alpestris leucolcema (CoUES.). 



Common in spring and autumn on Vancouver Island. Have taken it at 

 Clover Point near Victoria. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and 

 Okanagan. 



228. Streaked Horned Lark. 



Otocoris alpestris striyata (HENSH.). 



Spring and autumn migrant on Vancouver Island. Have taken it near 

 Victoria in September. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. West of 

 Cascades ; taken at Burrard Inlet and Vancouver Island ( Fannin). Fort 

 Simpson by W. B. Anderson. 



229. Dusky Horned Lark. 



Otocoris alpestris merrilli (DwiGHT). 



Chiefly east of Cascades. I have never known it to be taken on Vancouver 

 Island. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. Chas. de 

 B. Green has taken it at Osoyoos. 



FAMILY CORVID-^j. CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES. 

 PICA BRISSON. 



230. American Magpie. 



Pica pica hudsonica (SAB.). 



A common resident on the Mainland, rarely west to Vancouver Island. 

 Breeds in the interior of the Mainland, east of Cascade Mountains. 



