British Cotumpia Birps 29 
176. Lewis’s Woodpecker. 
(Melanerpes torquatus.) 
East and west of Cascades. Rare on Vancouver Island. 
177. Flicker. 
“ Higholder.” (Colaptes auratus.) 
Vancouver Island and Mainland. Very rare. 
178. Red-shafted Flicker. 
(Colaptes cafer.) 
East of Cascades. Common. 
179. Northwestern Flicker. 
(Colaptes cafer saturatior.) 
West of Cascades. Abundant. A number winter in 
the neighborhood of Victoria. 
Order MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers 
Famity CAPRIMULGIDA. Goatsuckers. 
180. Nighthawk. 
(Chordeiles virginianus.) 
East of Cascades. Summer resident. 
181. Western Nighthawk. 
{Chordeiles virginianus henryi.) 
West of Cascades. A summer resident. Breeds on the 
Island and Mainland. 
Famity MICROPODIDA. Swirrts. 
182. Black Swift. 
(Cypseloides niger.) 
A migrant. I know of no place in this Province 
where they find a resting place for the soles of their feet. 
They arrive in the neighbourhood of this city about the 
10th of June, usually in company with the last species. 
They are continually on the wing, moving northward. 
