32 CHECK LIST OF 



FAMILY ALAUDIDJE. LARKS. 



199. PaUid Horned Lark. 



(Otocoris alpestris leucolaema.) 



East of and including the Cascades. I have taken it on 

 the summit. 



200. Streaked Horned Lark. 



(Octocoris alpestris strigata.) 



West of Cascades. Fort Simpson, W. B. Anderson. 

 Burrard Inlet, J. F. Chilliwhack, A. C. Brooks. Nowhere 

 common. 



201. Dusky Horned Lark 



(Otocoris alpestris merrillii.) 

 Chiefly east of Cascades. 



FAMILY CORVIDjE. CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, &c. 



202. American Magpie. 



(Pica pica hudsonica.) 



An abundant resident. Breeds east of Cascades. West 

 of Cascades only during winter. A rare straggler on Van- 

 couver Island. 



203. SteUer's Jay. 



(Cyanocitta stelleri.) 



An abundant resident east and west of Cascades. Breeds 

 both on the Island and Mainland. 



204. Black-headed Jay. 



(Gyanocitta stelleri annectens.) 

 East of Cascade and Rocky Mountain Districts. 



205. Oregon Jay. 



"Whiskey Jack." "Hudson Bay Bird." (Peri- 



soreus obscurus. 

 An abundant resident throughout the Province. 



206. Northern Raven. 



* (Corvus corax principalis.) 



A resident throughout the Province, chiefly northward 

 and coastwise. Becoming rare in certain localities where, 

 twenty years ago, it was abundant. 



