VICTORIA, B. C. 51 



ORDER MACROCHIRES. GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, Etc. 



FAMILY CAPRIMULGID^E. GOATSUCKERS. 



PHALJENOPTILUS. (Ridgway). 

 Poor-will (PhalwnoptUus nuttaUii, Aud). 



Southern interior portions of Province from Kamloops through 

 the Okamigan. Summer resident. 



CHORDEILES. ( Swainson ) . 

 *Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus, Gmel). 

 East of Cascade Mountains. 



Western Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus henry i, Cass). 



A summer resident west of Cascade Mountains. Abundant on 

 Vancouver Island. 



FAMILY MICROPODID^. SWIFTS. 

 CYPSELOIDES. ( Streubel ) . 



Black Swift (Cypseloides niger borealis, Ridgw). 



Common near Victoria during migration. Taken at Chilliwhack 

 and Okanagan. Breeds in mountains back of Chilliwhack and in 

 the neighbourhood of Comox. 



CH^ETURA. ( Stephens^. 



Vaux's Swift (Chcrtura vauxii, Towns). 



A summer resident on Vancouver Island and Mainland. Very 

 common near Sicamous. 



AERONAUTES. (Hartert). 



White-throated Swift (Aeronautes melanoleucus, Baird). 

 Keremeos, Okanagan. 



FAMILY TROCHILID^E. HUMMINGBIRDS. 

 TROCHILUS. (Linnaeus). 



Black-chinned Hummingbird (Trochilus alexandri, Bourc and 



Muls). 

 Chilliwhack. 



