72 PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, 



BIRD SKINS. 



The study series of skins, numbering over 1,000, and containing 

 a fair representative collection of the birds of the Province, can be 

 seen on application to the Curator, who will be pleased to show 

 them at any time. 



GROUPS IN CASES. 



Great Northern Diver (Loon) and young, with Red-winged 

 Blackbird ; nest and eggs. 



Pied-billed Grebes and nest, with young. 



Some of our winter visitants; Chickadees and Kinglets. 



Waxwings in wild cherry tree. 



Western Red-tailed Hawks fighting over Ruffed Grouse. 



Bald Eagles, with young and nest. 



Thrushes and Bluebirds in Mountain Ash tree. A winter scene 

 in a Victoria garden. 



North-west Coast Herons. 



Group representing a section of Bare Island, Straits of Georgia. 

 The birds included are: Tufted Puffins, Pigeon Guillemots, Glau 

 cous-winged Gulls and Violet-green Cormorants, that were found 

 nesting on Bare Island during June and July, 1908. 



A case containing Albinos, viz.: Meadow Lark from Cornwall, 

 B. C. ; Crow, from Vancouver ; Crow, from Masset, Queen Charlotte 

 Islands; Crow, from Mayne Island; Crow, from Alberni, Vancouver 

 Island; Crow, from Cache Creek, near Ashcroft; Robin, from Pros- 

 pect Lake, near Victoria; Western Robin, from Victoria; Robin, 

 from Cache Creek, near Ashcroft ; a Loon or Great Northern Diver, 

 from Ucluelet on the West Coast ; and a freak Pheasant. 



OOLOGY. 



BIRDS' EGGS. 



Western Grebe. Macfarlane's Screech Owl. 



American Red-necked Grebe. Burrowing Owl. 

 Horned Grebe. California Pygmy Owl. 



Pied-billed Grebe. Belted Kingfisher. 



Loon. Gairdner's Woodpecker. 



